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Application Of A Lower Leg Splint

Illinois 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 7 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$85.11$64.57 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$141 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $71 to $692Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $49 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $85

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
$70.79
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$97.72

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.