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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Plaster

Louisiana rates for HCPCS Q4047

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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 5 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$4.79$3.89 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$0.02 to $5.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$0.1$1$10facility $5professional $5

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
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$4.68

MN $7.24WV $3.98

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.