Surgery and procedures CPT 29405 Outpatient

Leg cast cost in Cedar Rapids, IA

In Cedar Rapids, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for short leg cast (below the knee): from $194.40 to $194.40, with a median of $194.40. Across Iowa, the median is $194.40 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29405, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$194.40St Luke's Methodist Hospital
Median$194.40half pay less
Highest$194.40in 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 Cedar Rapids, IA.

median
Lowest $194.40Highest $1,320.71
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Luke's Methodist Hospital lowest Cedar Rapids, IA · (319) 369-7211 PR APPLY SHORT LEG CAST $194.40 $243.00 $53.20–$182.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids, IA · (319) 369-7211 HC APPLY SH LEG CAST $660.36 $825.44 $233.60–$661.20 20% Jan 28, 2026
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital both sides Cedar Rapids, IA · (319) 369-7211 HC APPLY SH LEG CAST BILAT $1,320.71 $1,650.88 $233.60–$904.68 20% Jan 28, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $194.40, median $194.40, highest $194.40.

Both sides : lowest $1,320.71, median $1,320.71, highest $1,320.71.

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 1 facility here, median $194.40. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 leg cast wraps from below the knee to the toes to hold a fractured ankle or foot still.

What the price covers

The price is for applying the cast. The visit and X-rays are billed separately.