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Wheelchair Evaluation, Face-to-Face Physician Visit

California rates for HCPCS G9156

Evaluation for wheelchair requiring face-to-face visit with physician

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wheelchair Evaluation, Face-to-Face Physician Visit cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 6 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$11.48$9.12 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$33.11 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $13 to $100Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$0.1$1$10$100facility $100professional $11

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.62

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in North Carolina than in Alabama. 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· 31st of 51

$11.48

NC $75.86AL $10.00

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.