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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Michigan 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$234$178 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$490 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $148 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $234

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
$309.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 46th of 51

$234

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.