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High-Strength Lightweight Wheelchair, Legrests

California rates for HCPCS E1088

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$891$646 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$117 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $117 to $10,000Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $891

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
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$1,174.90
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas than in Utah. 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· 47th of 51

$871

KS $2,399UT $575

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.