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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Arkansas 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$251$191 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$141 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $100 to $692Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $166 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $245professional $251

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
$190.55
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
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
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$245

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.