Surgery and procedures CPT 29075 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Arm cast cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for short arm cast (elbow to hand) as an inpatient: from $78.32 to $78.32, with a median of $78.32. Across Louisiana, the median is $174.40 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29075, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$78.32Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$78.32half of hospitals charge less

Highest$78.32in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC APPLICATION, CAST, SHORT ARM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$78.32	$356.00	—	78%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $78.32, median $78.32, highest $78.32.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $169.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.