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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q4040

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$19.05 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.70 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $19 to $112Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Rhode Island 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· 5th of 51

$26.30

RI $36.31NY $10.23

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.