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Short Arm Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4011

Cast supplies, short arm cast, pediatric (0-10 years), plaster

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$5.37$3.98 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$5.37 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $5

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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$4.47
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
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.40

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.8 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

$5.50

RI $8.32NY $2.19

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.