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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Kentucky 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?

$95.50

Typical physician fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $120.

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 $95 · 10th to 90th $71 to $174
$100$200$500professional $95

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
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$95.50

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.