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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 October 2026.

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

$2.09

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.09 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.14 from a physician practice, and about $0.02 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$2.14$1.78 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.02$0.02 to $0.03

How much rates vary

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

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
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.57

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$2.09

RI $6.76NY $1.70

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.