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Weight-Bearing Cast Below the Knee

Tennessee 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?

$115

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $148.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $214
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $115

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
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$115

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.