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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

New Jersey 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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$240$166 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,311 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $309 to $10,471Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $240

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
$269.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$251

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.