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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Illinois rates for HCPCS Q4048

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$6.61 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$14.79 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $129Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $10

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
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$39.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$14.13
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
$2.69
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$1.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$9.55

RI $13.49NY $4.68

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.