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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Adult, Fiberglass

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4038

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 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$25.70$21.38 to $36.31
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 $30Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $21 to $52
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $26

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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii 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· 46th of 51

$25.70

HI $54.95NY $20.89

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.