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Short Arm Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Pennsylvania 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 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 9 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$7.59$6.61 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$6.31 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $48Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $8

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
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$23.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.94
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$23.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.33

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$7.59

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.