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Shoulder Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q4003

Cast supplies, shoulder cast, adult (11 years +), plaster

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shoulder Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster cost?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$20.42 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$34.67 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $28 to $5,888Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $427
$100$1K$10Kfacility $43professional $22

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.02

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Hawaii than in New York. 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.

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$23.44

HI $47.86NY $17.78

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.