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Adding A Walking Heel To A Leg Cast

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 29440

Attaches a walking heel or sole to a leg cast that is already in place, so weight can be taken on the leg. The attachment is fitted to the underside of the cast and shaped so the foot rolls properly during a step. It is a short office visit rather than a new cast.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Adding A Walking Heel To A Leg Cast cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$43.65$35.48 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$53.70 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $38 to $1,096Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $26 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $44

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in California 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$45.71

CA $105KY $35.48

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.