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Heavy-Duty Shock Absorber for Power Wheelchair

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS E1018

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$95.50$75.86 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$95.50 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $83 to $6,918Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $120
$100$1K$10Kfacility $95professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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· 42nd of 51

$95.50

KS $417NJ $79.43

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.