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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Minnesota 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$8.71 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$11.75 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $50Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $12

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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.77
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$11.75

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.