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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4037

Cast supplies, short leg cast, adult (11 years +), plaster

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Short Leg Cast Supplies, Adult, Plaster cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$14.45$11.75 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$0.02 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $14Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $18
$0.1$1$10facility $13professional $14

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
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Kansas than in Delaware. 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· 37th of 51

$14.13

KS $20.42DE $12.59

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.