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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Pennsylvania 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 10 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$224$162 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,288 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,318Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $145 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $224

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
$478.63
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 37th of 51

$245

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.