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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

Missouri rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$245$178 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$39.81 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $20 to $347Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $288
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $145professional $245

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$224

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.