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

Louisiana rates for HCPCS K0855

Power wheelchair, group 3 extra heavy-duty, captain's chair, patient weight capacity 601 pounds or more

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$10,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10,965 from a physician practice, and about $0.02 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10,965$5,754 to $10,965
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.02$0.02 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $10,000Professionalmedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $11,220
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $0professional $10,965

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
$10,232.93
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
1 more rate 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
$6,456.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.7 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$10,000

ND $18,621MS $1,738

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.