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Heavy-Duty Shock Absorber for Power Wheelchair

Michigan 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$120$95.50 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$95.50 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $437Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $72 to $129
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $120

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$120

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.