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Application Of A Lower Leg Splint

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29515

This service applies a rigid, non-adjustable splint extending from the calf down to the foot, used to immobilize and support an injured lower leg, ankle, or foot while it heals. Unlike a cast, a splint can typically be removed for cleaning, swelling checks, or adjustment while still providing firm support. It's often used for a fracture, sprain, or after certain procedures where full permanent immobilization by a cast isn't yet appropriate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Application Of A Lower Leg Splint cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 6 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$155$66.07 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$93.33 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $62 to $912Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $46 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $155

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
$177.83
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$155

WI $166RI $69.18

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.