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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$182$141 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$25.12 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $15 to $240Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $44 to $288
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $100professional $182

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
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
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
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 41st 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.