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Wheelchair Accessory, Seat Lift Mechanism

Alaska rates for HCPCS E0985

Wheelchair accessory, seat lift mechanism

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wheelchair Accessory, Seat Lift Mechanism cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$27.54 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$123 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $28 to $275Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $28 to $295
$20$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $224

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
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
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
NR · New when rented
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in North Dakota than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 33rd of 51

$170

ND $302UT $117

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.