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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Utah 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$282$219 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$631 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,571Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $151 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $282

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
$218.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 10th of 51

$324

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.