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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Alaska rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 6 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$275$204 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$107 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $33 to $324Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $33 to $355
$20$50$100$200$500facility $191professional $275

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
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$363.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$338.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$240

MN $347UT $107

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.