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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Massachusetts 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 8 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$302$200 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$229 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,631Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $162 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $302

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
$239.88
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$309

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.