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Long Leg Cast Application

Michigan rates for HCPCS 29345

Application of a rigid cast that extends from the upper thigh down to the toes, used to immobilize the knee, lower leg, and ankle while a fracture, sprain, or post-surgical injury heals. This covers the cast material and application itself, not any separate visit or x-ray.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Long Leg Cast Application cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$126 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$229 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $126 to $759Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $148

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
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
9 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
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$151

AK $398FL $107

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.