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Hospital Bed, Hi-Lo, with Side Rails, No Mattress

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS E0256

Hospital bed, variable height, hi-lo, with any type side rails, without mattress

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Bed, Hi-Lo, with Side Rails, No Mattress cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$316 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$257 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,012Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $219 to $724
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $257professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KR · Partial-month rental
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Minnesota than in Illinois. 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$398

MN $832IL $56.23

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.