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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Legrests

California rates for HCPCS E1087

High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed full-length arms, swing-away detachable elevating legrests

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Legrests cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $550 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$537 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$97.72 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $98 to $8,318Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,549
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $550professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,715.35
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Kansas than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $776 · 43rd of 51
KS $2,399UT $479

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.