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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$174 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$269 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,344Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $162 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $240

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
$245.47
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
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
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 31st 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.