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Manual Wheelchair Accessory, Lever-Activated Wheel Drive

California rates for HCPCS E0988

Manual wheelchair accessory, lever-activated, wheel drive, pair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Manual Wheelchair Accessory, Lever-Activated Wheel Drive cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$2,754$2,188 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$316 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,570Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $2,754

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee + RR · Rental
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Kansas than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 23rd of 51

$2,570

KS $4,898HI $186

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.