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Procedure price report · Traction, splints, and other wound care

Figure-of-eight cast application

CPT 29049the billing code this page is about

Application of a cast wrapped in a figure-of-eight pattern, generally across the shoulders and upper chest, to hold a bone or joint in position. Covers one application.

Hospitals typically charge $278 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 426 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $302. Most fall between $142 and $571 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
426
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 426 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$83$165$278$540$773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($83 vs $773).

How the prices are spread

$60 – $80: 22 hospitals$60$80 – $106: 11 hospitals$106 – $140: 34 hospitals$106$140 – $186: 36 hospitals$186 – $246: 64 hospitals$186$246 – $327: 72 hospitals$327 – $433: 44 hospitals$327$433 – $573: 43 hospitals$573 – $760: 30 hospitals$573$760 – $1,007: 32 hospitals$760median $278price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (388 of 426 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$60$8022
$80$10611
$106$14034
$140$18636
$186$24664
$246$32772
$327$43344
$433$57343
$573$76030
$760$1,00732

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$286
Median cash price$278
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.97×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $278.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $510 across 18 hospitalsWA$510Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $124 across 11 hospitalsIL$124Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $197 across 12 hospitalsMI$197New York: median $314 across 30 hospitalsNY$314Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $565 across 14 hospitalsOR$565Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $238 across 15 hospitalsIA$238Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $285 across 21 hospitalsPA$285New Jersey: median $842 across 28 hospitalsNJ$842Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $562 across 58 hospitalsCA$562Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $198 across 12 hospitalsVA$198Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $78 across 11 hospitalsTN$78North Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $115 across 12 hospitalsOK$115Louisiana: median $139 across 10 hospitalsLA$139Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $278 across 46 hospitalsTX$278Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $278. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ28$842+202%$294 – $5,339
Oregon OR14$565+103%$190 – $715
California CA58$562+102%$362 – $773
Washington WA18$510+83%$185 – $773
New York NY30$314+13%$230 – $450
Pennsylvania PA21$285+2%$46 – $614
Texas TX46$2780%$249 – $319
Iowa IA15$238−15%$238 – $238
Virginia VA12$198−29%$157 – $198
Michigan MI12$197−29%$139 – $385
Louisiana LA10$139−50%$67 – $179
Illinois IL11$124−55%$73 – $207
Oklahoma OK12$115−59%$115 – $115
Tennessee TN11$78−72%$60 – $81
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $278.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care339$285$145 – $614
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access76$212$123 – $420
Ownership
For-profit42$278$119 – $657
Government63$202$133 – $343
Non-profit321$290$143 – $582
System affiliation
Part of a system343$285$142 – $574
Independent83$201$139 – $422

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$415
Median cash price$278
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

290 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $269 and the average of the middle 60% is $319; most fall between $153 and $577.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 290 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$98$184$269$562$773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($98 vs $773).

Of the 320 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 290 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

426 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 473 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted426
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code473

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Traction, splints, and other wound care family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Application Cast Figure-of-8.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Figure-of-eight cast application (CPT 29049) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29049-figure-of-eight-cast-application