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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$170$170 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$115 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $19 to $309Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $166 to $309
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $170professional $170

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
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$170

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.