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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Massachusetts 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$6.03$5.37 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$9.33 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $5,888Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $148
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $6

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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.46
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
$4.57
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
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
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$0.83

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· 39th of 51

$6.46

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.