Surgery and procedures CPT 29075 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Arm cast cost in Truckee, CA — inpatient

In Truckee-Grass Valley, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for short arm cast (elbow to hand) as an inpatient: from $455.62 to $455.62, with a median of $455.62. Across California, the median is $499.20 at 101 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29075, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$455.62Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital
Median$455.62half pay less
Highest$455.62in this market
Difference1.0×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 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.

median
Lowest $131.89Highest $455.62
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital lowest Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 APPLY CAST SHORT ARM $455.62 $836.00 $643.72–$819.28 46% Feb 28, 2026
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Sierra Nevada Memorial-Miners Hospital both sides Grass Valley, CA · (530) 274-6000 APPL CAST ELBOW-FINGER BI $131.89 $242.00 $186.34–$237.16 46% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $455.62, median $455.62, highest $455.62.

Both sides : lowest $131.89, median $131.89, highest $131.89.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $332.81 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.