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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Michigan rates for HCPCS Q4048

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$8.71$6.92 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$8.91 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $9

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
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.71

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Iowa 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$8.71

IA $12.88WV $6.46

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.