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Short Leg Cast Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4040

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$20.89$17.78 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.39 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $72Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $16 to $59
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $21

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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.62
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Nebraska 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.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$20.89

NE $35.48DE $15.85

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.