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Heavy-Duty Shock Absorber for Manual Wheelchair

California rates for HCPCS E1017

Heavy-duty shock absorber for heavy-duty or extra heavy-duty manual wheelchair, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heavy-Duty Shock Absorber for Manual Wheelchair cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$39.81 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$15.49 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $78Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $40 to $151
$20$50$100facility $19professional $151

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where California sits

The same service costs 20893.0 times more in Kansas than in Louisiana. 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· 3rd of 46

$151

KS $417LA $0.02

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.