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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Colorado 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$240$162 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$851 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $234 to $6,607Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $240

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
$263.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 26th of 51

$263

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.