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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Alabama 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 4 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$234$162 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$316 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,585Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $135 to $407
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $234

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
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$257

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.