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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 5 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$288$158 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$26.30 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $14 to $355Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $155 to $363
$2$10$50$200$1Kfacility $132professional $288

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
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
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
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 13th 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.