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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Michigan rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$295$204 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$26.30 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $15 to $263Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $132 to $309
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $132professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 7th of 51

$245

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.