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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Illinois rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$191$191 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$33.88 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $19 to $240Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $148 to $302
$10$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $191

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 36th of 51

$191

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.