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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Illinois 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $81 to $240
$100$200$500professional $132

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
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$132

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.