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Wheelchair Accessory, Seat Lift Mechanism

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS E0985

Wheelchair accessory, seat lift mechanism

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wheelchair Accessory, Seat Lift Mechanism cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$129 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $27 to $708Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $93 to $214
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $224professional $162

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$331.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
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
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$85.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
3 more rates 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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KURR · Bidding program group 3 + Rental
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KURR · Bidding program group 3 + Rental
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
KU · Bidding program group 3
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where Massachusetts sits

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

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$174

ND $302WA $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.