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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Minnesota 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 6 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$479$324 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$437 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,042Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $479

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
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$490

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.