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Short Arm Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4011

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 6 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$4.17$3.89 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.68 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $4

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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.72
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Minnesota than in Ohio. 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· 21st of 51

$4.17

MN $5.37OH $3.31

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.