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Special Back Height for Wheelchair

West Virginia rates for HCPCS E1228

Special back height for wheelchair

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Special Back Height for Wheelchair cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 4 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$240$174 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$26.30 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $22 to $251Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $257
$20$50$100$200facility $178professional $240

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 9th of 51

$240

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.