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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q4021

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.57$3.89 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$6.92 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $5,888Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $148
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.68
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.62

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$4.57

RI $13.80NY $3.39

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.