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Application Of A Lower Leg Splint

North Carolina 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 8 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$87.10$66.07 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$97.72 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $68 to $389Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $49 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $191professional $87

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
$67.61
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$95.50

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.