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Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Heavy-Duty, Sling/Solid Seat

Alabama rates for HCPCS K0850

Power wheelchair, group 3 heavy-duty, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Heavy-Duty, Sling/Solid Seat cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,026$4,677 to $8,710
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$603 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $324 to $7,586Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $8,710
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $6,026

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$5,495

MN $10,471UT $3,802

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.