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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Kentucky rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$195$170 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$44.67 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $15 to $363Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $251
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $195

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 35th of 51

$195

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.