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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 October 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$186 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$275 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $151 to $977Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $257

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
6 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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 27th of 51

$257

AK $692MD $178

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.