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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Adult, Fiberglass

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q4046

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$10.72 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$29.51 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $19 to $69Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $295
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $34professional $13

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
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.98
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.91
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.66

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.9 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.

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$12.88

RI $26.92NY $9.33

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.