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Short Arm Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4012

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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$8.51$7.24 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$0.02 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $0 to $9Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$0.1$1$10facility $8professional $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
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in South Dakota than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 45th of 51

$8.51

SD $15.14DE $7.76

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.