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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Colorado rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 7 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$204$166 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$110 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $26 to $295Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $129 to $309
$20$50$100$200facility $182professional $204

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
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
$239.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 43rd of 51

$182

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.