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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29305

Placement of a rigid cast that extends from the chest or waist down through one leg, used to hold the hip and thigh completely still while a fracture, dislocation, or surgical repair heals. It is most often used in young children after a thighbone fracture, when the hip needs to stay in a fixed position for weeks. The cast is molded by hand while the plaster or fiberglass material sets.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg) cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$550$224 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$234 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,622Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $380professional $550

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$490

CA $1,000KY $204

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.