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Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Heavy-Duty, Captain's Chair

Texas rates for HCPCS K0851

Power wheelchair, group 3 heavy-duty, captain's chair, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Heavy-Duty, Captain's Chair cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,495$2,344 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$5,370 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $7,244Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,607
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Health Smart
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Smart
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,413.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in North Dakota than in Mississippi. 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.

Texas· 26th of 51

$5,495

ND $12,303MS $1,122

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.