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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4039

Cast supplies, short leg cast, pediatric (0-10 years), plaster

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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$7.94$7.08 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$9.12 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Minnesota than in Missouri. 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· 20th of 51

$8.13

MN $10.23MO $6.31

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.