Leg cast cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 18 hospitals list a cash price for short leg cast (below the knee): from $89.55 to $512.00, with a median of $229.45. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton Williamson and 2 other hospitals — $139.90 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $339.15 at 158 hospitals.
- The median here, $229.45, is 31% below the US median of $332.84.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($285.75).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 10 cities for code 29405, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2024 and Oct 30, 2026.
Lowest$89.55Ascension Seton Williamson + 2 more
Median$229.45half of hospitals charge less
Highest$512.00in this market
Difference5.7×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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
median
Lowest $89.55Highest $512.00
one sideboth sides
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Williamson lowest Round Rock, TX · (512) 324-0000 CAST KNEE TO TOES File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $89.55 | $248.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays lowest Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CAST KNEE TO TOES File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $89.55 | $248.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 CAST KNEE-TOES File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $89.55 | $248.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville one side Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CAST KNEE-TOES LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $111.96 | $311.00 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx one side Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 CAST KNEE-TOES RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin one side Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 CAST KNEE-TOES RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest one side Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 CAST KNEE-TOES LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays one side Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CAST KNEE-TOES RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Williamson one side Round Rock, TX · (512) 324-0000 CAST KNEE-TOES RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest one side Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 CAST KNEE-TOES RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $124.29 | $345.25 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis one side Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 CAST KNEE-TOES LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $148.23 | $411.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton one side Austin, TX CAST KNEE-TOES LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $217.70 | $311.00 | $34.82–$200.85 | 30% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin one side Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC APPLICATION SHORT LEG CAST BELOW KNEE TO TOES, UNILATERAL File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $241.20 | $360.00 | $39.03–$342.00 | 33% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC APPLICATION SHORT LEG CAST BELOW KNEE TO TOE File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $328.97 | $491.00 | $39.03–$466.45 | 33% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $39.03–$694.90 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $39.03–$694.90 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $39.03–$665.29 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $39.03–$694.90 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Oct 30, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $41.76–$665.29 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $295.02–$501.87 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC APPLY SHORT LEG CAST File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $463.27 | $772.11 | $39.03–$665.29 | 40% |
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 327-0000 SPLINT/CAST LEG File of Sep 2, 2024 · source file | $512.00 | $1,505.43 | $240.22–$1,053.80 | 66% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville both sides Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $111.96 | $311.00 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis both sides Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays both sides Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx both sides Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest both sides Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest both sides Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin both sides Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Williamson both sides Round Rock, TX · (512) 324-0000 CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $145.35 | $403.75 | $34.82–$200.85 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton both sides Austin, TX CAST KNEE-TOES BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $217.70 | $311.00 | $34.82–$200.85 | 30% |
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.
Outpatient: lowest $89.55, median $229.45, highest $512.00 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $111.96, median $145.35, highest $217.70 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
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 8 facilities here, median $463.27. 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 17 of 18 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 leg cast is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Leg cast explained.