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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Iowa rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$209$182 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$97.72 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $25 to $457Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $141 to $363
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $209

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
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$209

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.