Surgery and procedures CPT 29125 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Arm splint cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for short arm splint (forearm and hand) as an inpatient: from $66.36 to $223.48, with a median of $97.92. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $31.56 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $111.60 at 49 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 29125, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.

Lowest$66.36Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$97.92half of hospitals charge less

Highest$223.48in this market

Difference3.4×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $66.36Highest $223.48

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC APPLICATION, SPLINT, SHORT ARM, STATIC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$66.36	$237.00	—	72%
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC APPLICATION, SPLINT, SHORT ARM, STATIC+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$73.98	$274.00	—	73%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC APPLICATION, SPLINT, SHORT ARM, STATIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$97.92	$306.00	—	68%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC APPLICATION, SPLINT, SHORT ARM, STATIC+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$132.88	$604.00	—	78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC OT APPL SPLINT SHRT ARM STATIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$143.36	$448.00	—	68%
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC OT APPL SPLINT SHRT ARM STATIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$223.48	$604.00	—	63%

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

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Inpatient: lowest $66.36, median $97.92, highest $223.48 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $122.54 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.