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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

South Dakota 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?

$166

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $224.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $79 to $288
$100$200$500professional $166

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
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$166

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.