Leg splint cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 12 hospitals list a cash price for short leg splint (calf to foot): from $62.16 to $278.85, with a median of $227.05. The lowest listed price is at Community Memorial Hospital — $164.89 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $222.85 at 72 hospitals.
- The median here, $227.05, is 4% below the US median of $237.68.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($166.02).
- Duluth, MN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Minnesota by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 29515, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital lowest Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 ORT-APPL SHORT LEG SPLINT W/FC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $62.16 | $97.13 | $32.37–$203.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 ORTHO APPL SHORT LEG SPLINT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $82.88 | $129.50 | $32.37–$203.50 | 36% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Fac Appl Short Leg Splnt Calf Foot File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $112.61 | $207.00 | — | 46% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 UC-APPLIC SHORT LEG SPLINT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $130.24 | $203.50 | $32.37–$203.50 | 36% |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $207.24 | $330.00 | $75.90–$298.32 | 37% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $217.80 | $330.00 | $109.23–$283.80 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $217.80 | $330.00 | $109.23–$283.80 | 34% |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $217.80 | $330.00 | $109.23–$283.80 | 34% |
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC APPLY SHORT LEG SPLINT File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file | $236.30 | $556.00 | $147.15–$2,868.91 | 58% |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $243.87 | $330.00 | $131.34–$298.65 | 26% |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $243.87 | $330.00 | $105.60–$298.65 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $243.87 | $330.00 | $126.69–$330.00 | 26% |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely, MN · (218) 365-3271 Application of short leg splint from calf to foot File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $251.91 | $311.00 | $106.33–$311.00 | 19% |
| The Cook Hospital Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 APLICATN SHORT LEG SPLT CAL/FT File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $278.85 | $422.50 | $286.00 | 34% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Fac Appl Short Leg Splnt Calf Foot|BILATERAL PROCEDURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $168.91 | $310.50 | — | 46% |
Outpatient: lowest $62.16, median $227.05, highest $278.85 — a 4.5× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $168.91, median $168.91, highest $168.91.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $217.80. 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 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 splint is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Leg splint explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29515 ($227.66). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MNORT-APPLY SHORT LEG SPLINT | $20.72 | file |