Surgery and procedures CPT 29515 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Leg splint cost in Duluth, MN — inpatient

In Duluth, MN-WI, 5 hospitals list a cash price for short leg splint (calf to foot) as an inpatient: from $112.61 to $236.30, with a median of $217.80. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital — $105.19 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $222.96 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 29515, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$112.61Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
Median$217.80half pay less
Highest$236.30in this market
Difference2.1×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 Duluth, MN-WI.

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Lowest $112.61Highest $470.83
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Fac Appl Short Leg Splnt Calf Foot $112.61 $207.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT $217.80 $330.00 $141.54–$283.80 34% Jan 1, 2026
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Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT $217.80 $330.00 $136.49–$283.80 34% Jan 1, 2026
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Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN APPLY LOWER LEG SPLINT $217.80 $330.00 $141.54–$283.80 34% Jan 1, 2026
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Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC APPLY SHORT LEG SPLINT $236.30 $556.00 $252.98–$553.28 58% Jan 29, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 APPLICATION SHORT LEG SPLINT CALF TO FOOT $313.89 $577.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Application Lower Leg Splint $313.89 $577.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Fac Appl Short Leg Splnt Calf Foot|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $168.91 $310.50 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Application Lower Leg Splint|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $470.83 $865.50 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $112.61, median $217.80, highest $236.30 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $168.91, median $168.91, highest $168.91.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $217.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 4 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 it is

A short leg splint holds the ankle and foot still after a fracture or bad sprain.

What the price covers

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