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Application Of A Lower Leg Splint

New Jersey 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$72.44$52.48 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$347 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,090Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $46 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $72

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
$83.18
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$79.43

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.