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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Rhode Island 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$204 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$141 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $162 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $275

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
5 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
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 18th of 51

$275

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.