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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Michigan rates for HCPCS Q4021

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$6.61$5.37 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$6.46 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $39Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $7

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
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.77
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.31

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Minnesota 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$6.61

MN $8.51WV $5.25

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.