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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

North Carolina 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$8.91$7.24 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.23 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.51
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$8.91

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.