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Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests

New York rates for HCPCS E1280

Heavy-duty wheelchair, detachable arms (desk or full-length) elevating legrests

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heavy-Duty Wheelchair, Detachable Arms, Elevating Legrests cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$1,000 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$513 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,778Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,047professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KH · Purchase or 1st rental month
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RB · Replacement part
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KH · Purchase or 1st rental month
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RB · Replacement part
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where New York sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in North Dakota than in Mississippi. 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.

New York· 15th of 51

$1,000

ND $2,089MS $166

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.