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Application of a Hip Spica Cast (One Leg)

Virginia 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 8 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$240$178 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$209 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,888Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389professional $240

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
$269.15
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$251

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.