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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Iowa 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$269$229 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$427 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,761Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $269

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
$389.05
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$339

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.