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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Adult, Fiberglass

Minnesota 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$51.29$38.02 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$51.29 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $38 to $224Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $20 to $76
$20$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $51

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$42.66
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$52.48

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.