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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Indiana 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$100$85.11 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$229 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $110 to $5,129Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $76 to $170
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $100

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
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
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 46th of 51

$105

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.