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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

Massachusetts 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?

$2.34

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.34 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.19$1.95 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$3.39 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5,888Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $74
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4professional $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
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.34
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.17
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.50
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.31

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$2.34

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.