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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $8.51 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$6.17 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$7.41 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd 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.