Surgery and procedures CPT 29125 Outpatient

Arm splint cost in Erie, PA

In Erie, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for short arm splint (forearm and hand): from $407.40 to $507.58, with a median of $457.49. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Hamot — $50.09 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $300.00 at 67 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 29125, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

Lowest$407.40UPMC Hamot
Median$457.49half pay less
Highest$507.58in this market
Difference1.2×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 Erie, PA.

median
Lowest $407.40Highest $507.58

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UPMC Hamot lowest Erie, PA · (814) 877-6000 APPLY FOREARM SPLINT $407.40 $679.00 $28.60–$543.20 40% —
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Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PA · (814) 452-5111 HC APP SPLINT SHORT ARM STATIC $507.58 $619.00 $27.30–$3,787.93 18% Apr 14, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $407.40, median $457.49, highest $507.58 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $457.49. 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 2 of 2 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 splint holds the wrist and forearm still after a fracture, sprain or surgery. It is often put on in an emergency department or urgent care clinic.

What the price covers

The price is for applying the splint. The visit, X-rays and sometimes the splint supplies are billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29125 ($209.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PAPR APPLICATION SHORT ARM SPLINT FOREARM-HAND STATIC $20.52 file