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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Pennsylvania 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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 9 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$7.94$6.61 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.75 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $51Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $9professional $8

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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$7.94

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.