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Special Height Arms for Wheelchair

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS E1227

Special height arms for wheelchair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Special Height Arms for Wheelchair cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$204 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$240 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,630Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $372
$100$1K$10Kfacility $240professional $257

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
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
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
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
LL · Lease toward purchase
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
LL · Lease toward purchase
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Pennsylvania· 16th of 51

$257

WI $398RI $174

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.