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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 29435

Application of a leg cast shaped so that body weight is carried through the area just below the kneecap rather than through the foot and ankle. It lets a person walk while keeping pressure off a healing lower leg, ankle, or foot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee cost?

$120

Typical physician fee. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 to $182.

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 61 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 ยท 10th to 90th $79 to $288
$100$200$500professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska 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.

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AK $263KY $95.50

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.