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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 October 2026.

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

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$240 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$178 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,188Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $182 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $363

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
6 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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$355

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.