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Long Arm Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4005

Cast supplies, long arm cast, adult (11 years +), plaster

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Long Arm Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$12.02 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$16.22 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $12 to $69Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $16

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Rhode Island 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$16.60

RI $21.38NY $6.61

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.