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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 October 2026.

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

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$316 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$331 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,291Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $240 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $372

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
$407.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
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
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$398

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.