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Application Of A Finger Cast

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 29086

This procedure applies a rigid cast to a single finger to hold it still and protect it while a fracture, injury, or contracture heals. The material is molded around the finger and allowed to harden, keeping the joint or bone in a fixed position. It is a supportive measure rather than a surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Finger Cast cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$50.12 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$200 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $98 to $4,786Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $44 to $112
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $692professional $69

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
$70.79
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
5 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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 Jersey· 43rd of 51

$69.18

AK $204KY $56.23

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.