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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Tennessee 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$195 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$288 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,042Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $263

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
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
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
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$288

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.