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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Washington, DC 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?

$123

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $126.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $79 to $178
$100$200$500professional $123

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
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42

Where Washington, DC sits

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.

Washington, DC· 21st of 51

$123

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.