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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

New York 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?

$117

Typical physician fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $174.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $83 to $309
$100$200$500professional $117

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
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$426.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00

Where New York 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.

New York· 27th of 51

$117

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.