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Short Arm Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

North Carolina 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?

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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$3.24$2.75 to $3.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.72 to $6.46

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $15Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $4professional $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
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.88
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$3.24

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.