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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

South Dakota 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 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$316$219 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$257 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,291Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $155 to $603
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $316

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
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 11th of 51

$316

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.