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Short Arm Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4009

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$8.91$7.76 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$9.55 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $36Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $9

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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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

$8.91

HI $11.48WV $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.