Surgery and procedures CPT 29515 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Leg splint cost in Baudette, MN — inpatient

In Baudette, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for short leg splint (calf to foot) as an inpatient: from $195.36 to $213.93, with a median of $204.65. The lowest listed price is at Lakewood Health Center — $9.29 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $222.85 at 69 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 29515, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2024 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$195.36Lakewood Health Center
Median$204.65half pay less
Highest$213.93in this market
Difference1.1×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 Baudette, MN.

median
Lowest $195.36Highest $213.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lakewood Health Center lowest Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 APPL SPLINT SHORT LEG ER $195.36 $296.00 $112.48–$290.08 34% Feb 28, 2026
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Lakewood Health Center Baudette, MN · (218) 634-2120 APPL SPLINT SHORT LEG ER PF $196.02 $297.00 $112.86–$291.06 34% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI LakeWood Health Baudette, MN APPL SPLINT SHORT LEG ER $213.93 $286.00 $111.54–$280.28 25% Aug 6, 2024
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Inpatient: lowest $195.36, median $204.65, highest $213.93 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $204.65 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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 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.