Surgery and procedures CPT 29075 Outpatient

Arm cast cost in Harrisburg, PA

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for short arm cast (elbow to hand): from $370.80 to $571.82, with a median of $412.34. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals and 1 other hospital — $41.54 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $356.50 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 29075, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$370.80UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals + 1 more
Median$412.34half pay less
Highest$571.82in this market
Difference1.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

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Lowest $370.80Highest $1,143.65
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals lowest Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC APL PLSTR FIG 8 CAST SHRT ARM $370.80 $618.00 $57.78–$1,471.05 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle lowest Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC APL PLSTR FIG 8 CAST SHRT ARM $370.80 $618.00 $57.78–$1,016.56 40% —
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Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 29075 APPLICATION OF FOREARM CAST Tech $412.34 $1,726.00 $232.35–$1,380.80 76% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 29075 APPLICATION OF FOREARM CAST Tech $543.17 $1,726.00 $232.35–$1,380.80 69% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 29075 Cast Short Arm $571.82 $1,726.00 $252.14–$1,595.24 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center one side Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 29075 OT Cast Short Arm -> OT Cast Short Arm - RIGHT $571.82 $1,726.00 $252.14–$1,595.24 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center one side Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 29075 OT Cast Short Arm -> OT Cast Short Arm - LEFT $571.82 $1,726.00 $252.14–$1,595.24 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 CAST SHORT ARM $571.82 $1,726.00 $252.14–$1,595.24 67% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center both sides Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 29075 OT Cast Short Arm -> OT Cast Short Arm - BILATERAL $1,143.65 $3,452.00 $252.14–$2,761.60 67% —
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Outpatient: lowest $370.80, median $412.34, highest $571.82 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $1,143.65, median $1,143.65, highest $1,143.65.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $412.34. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A short arm cast wraps from below the elbow to the hand to hold a wrist or forearm fracture still.

What the price covers

The price is for applying the cast. The visit and X-rays are billed separately.