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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4045

Cast supplies, short leg splint, adult (11 years +), plaster

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Short Leg Splint Supplies, Adult, Plaster cost?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$10.96$8.91 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$12.59 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $11

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Iowa than in Oklahoma. 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· 19th of 51

$10.96

IA $14.79OK $8.51

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.