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Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Standard, Single Power Option

Alabama rates for HCPCS K0856

Power wheelchair, group 3 standard, single power option, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Power Wheelchair, Group 3 Standard, Single Power Option cost?

$5,129

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$5,495$4,266 to $8,128
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$550 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,918Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $8,128
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $5,495

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
$4,265.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Minnesota than in Montana. 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· 34th of 51

$5,129

MN $8,913MT $2,884

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.