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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Minnesota 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $14.45 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$8.51$6.17 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$8.51 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $36Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $9

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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.08
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
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$8.51

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.