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Heavy-Duty Shock Absorber for Power Wheelchair

Minnesota 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$126$120 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$126 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $120 to $447Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $102 to $129
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $129professional $126

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
2 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$126

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.