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Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Elevating Legrests

California rates for HCPCS E1270

Lightweight wheelchair, fixed full-length arms, swing-away detachable elevating legrests

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lightweight Wheelchair, Fixed Arms, Elevating Legrests cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 8 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$479$339 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$61.66 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $62 to $5,248Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $324 to $891
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $347professional $479

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
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.7 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.

California· 44th of 51

$479

MN $1,122UT $302

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.