In Saint Ignace, MI, 1 hospital
lists a cash price for short leg splint (calf to foot):
from $298.80 to
$298.80, with a median of
$298.80.
Across Michigan, the median is $165.75 at
73 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1
facility
for code 29515,
as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys.
Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files
themselves were last updated between Jul 22, 2026 and
Jul 22, 2026.
Lowest$298.80Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health Center
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.
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 $298.80, median $298.80,
highest $298.80.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.