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Hip Spica Cast Application, Full Or 1.5-Leg

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29325

This is the application of a large plaster or fiberglass cast that covers the trunk and both legs, or a variant that covers the trunk, one whole leg, and part of the other leg (a '1.5-leg' spica), used to hold the hips and legs completely still while an injury or condition affecting the hip heals. It is most often used in young children recovering from a hip problem or fracture. The cast keeps the hip joints in a fixed, stable position for an extended period.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hip Spica Cast Application, Full Or 1.5-Leg cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 4 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$257$182 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$316 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,660Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $447
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $257

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$288

CA $1,122KY $224

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.