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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4023

Cast supplies, short arm splint, pediatric (0-10 years), plaster

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $2.69 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 5 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$2.88$2.45 to $3.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.69$0.02 to $3.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$0.1$1$10facility $3professional $3

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
$2.69
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. 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· 40th of 51

$2.75

MN $4.27RI $2.51

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.