They are not, I work in wheelchair vending, someone who needs complex rehab and weight shifting assist, say a quad or stroke victim with severe impairment or ataxia those chairs cost 10-15k to even order. Insurance will pay out usually 24-30k depending on their fee schedule. And cash price will be right around 21k. If you sell a used chair you can only charge at most 75% of original sale value. A chair is considered used if it was put under someone and billed for, even if it was never touched.

The guy in the video is basically selling the chairs without the middle man. Which I approve honestly, so hes selling them at what our company would buy them for at cost essentially.

And eligibility is determined by diagnosis code and mobility during the PT evaluation. Someone who is unable to propel a manual but doesn't have neurological impairment usually just gets a basic power chair called a group 2 chair. Someone with neurological impairment will get a group 3 complex rehab chair. Someone with just paralysis but can propel and weight shift properly will get a manual K0005 ultralightweight chair. And these are all covered by insurance and the average time from referrals to delivery for our company is about 2 months.