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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$158 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$182 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,349Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $115 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $195

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
4 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
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$200

AK $355FL $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.