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Short Leg Splint Supplies, Pediatric, Fiberglass

Virginia 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 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 $18.62 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.94$5.75 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.72 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $7,413Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $8

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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.51
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
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$7.94

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.