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

Long arm cast, shoulder to hand

CPT 29065the billing code this page is about

Application of a cast running from the upper arm across the elbow to the hand. Covers one cast application.

Hospitals typically charge $295 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,058 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $313. Most fall between $154 and $543 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,058
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,058 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
$103$176$295$481$773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($103 vs $773).

How the prices are spread

$74 – $97: 80 hospitals$74$97 – $127: 123 hospitals$127 – $167: 164 hospitals$127$167 – $219: 216 hospitals$219 – $287: 312 hospitals$219$287 – $377: 311 hospitals$377 – $495: 258 hospitals$377$495 – $649: 191 hospitals$649 – $852: 136 hospitals$649$852 – $1,118: 63 hospitals$852median $295price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,854 of 2,058 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$74$9780
$97$127123
$127$167164
$167$219216
$219$287312
$287$377311
$377$495258
$495$649191
$649$852136
$852$1,11863

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$286
Median cash price$295
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $295.

Alaska: median $434 across 15 hospitalsAK$434Maine: median $210 across 21 hospitalsME$210Vermont: median $235 across 11 hospitalsVT$235New Hampshire: median $139 across 15 hospitalsNH$139Washington: median $346 across 56 hospitalsWA$346Idaho: median $307 across 20 hospitalsID$307Montana: median $177 across 27 hospitalsMT$177North Dakota: median $273 across 20 hospitalsND$273Minnesota: median $256 across 72 hospitalsMN$256Illinois: median $287 across 85 hospitalsIL$287Wisconsin: median $273 across 79 hospitalsWI$273Michigan: median $273 across 68 hospitalsMI$273New York: median $316 across 78 hospitalsNY$316Massachusetts: median $474 across 41 hospitalsMA$474Oregon: median $215 across 45 hospitalsOR$215Nevada: median $323 across 13 hospitalsNV$323Wyoming: median $153 across 11 hospitalsWY$153South Dakota: median $260 across 21 hospitalsSD$260Iowa: median $228 across 64 hospitalsIA$228Indiana: median $248 across 43 hospitalsIN$248Ohio: median $283 across 97 hospitalsOH$283Pennsylvania: median $323 across 74 hospitalsPA$323New Jersey: median $373 across 52 hospitalsNJ$373Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $546 across 135 hospitalsCA$546Utah: median $502 across 25 hospitalsUT$502Colorado: median $268 across 44 hospitalsCO$268Nebraska: median $216 across 62 hospitalsNE$216Missouri: median $244 across 45 hospitalsMO$244Kentucky: median $146 across 24 hospitalsKY$146West Virginia: median $270 across 32 hospitalsWV$270Virginia: median $343 across 46 hospitalsVA$343Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $211 across 15 hospitalsAZ$211New Mexico: median $264 across 11 hospitalsNM$264Kansas: median $192 across 63 hospitalsKS$192Arkansas: median $169 across 14 hospitalsAR$169Tennessee: median $160 across 23 hospitalsTN$160North Carolina: median $248 across 44 hospitalsNC$248South Carolina: median $481 across 37 hospitalsSC$481Oklahoma: median $290 across 34 hospitalsOK$290Louisiana: median $228 across 31 hospitalsLA$228Mississippi: median $135 across 35 hospitalsMS$135Alabama: median $260 across 21 hospitalsAL$260Georgia: median $280 across 42 hospitalsGA$280Hawaii: median $493 across 11 hospitalsHI$493Texas: median $357 across 141 hospitalsTX$357Florida: median $735 across 68 hospitalsFL$735
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $295. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL68$735+149%$332 – $993
California CA135$546+85%$308 – $773
Utah UT25$502+70%$502 – $502
Hawaii HI11$493+67%$336 – $634
South Carolina SC37$481+63%$346 – $586
Massachusetts MA41$474+60%$233 – $885
Alaska AK15$434+47%$196 – $587
New Jersey NJ52$373+26%$294 – $4,314
Texas TX141$357+21%$126 – $477
Washington WA56$346+17%$183 – $562
Virginia VA46$343+16%$179 – $395
Nevada NV13$323+9%$234 – $585
Pennsylvania PA74$323+9%$111 – $543
New York NY78$316+7%$190 – $736
Idaho ID20$307+4%$181 – $611
Oklahoma OK34$290−2%$141 – $541
Illinois IL85$287−3%$170 – $577
Ohio OH97$283−4%$204 – $559
Georgia GA42$280−5%$121 – $1,220
Michigan MI68$273−8%$74 – $385
North Dakota ND20$273−8%$168 – $478
Wisconsin WI79$273−8%$174 – $476
West Virginia WV32$270−9%$186 – $494
Colorado CO44$268−9%$161 – $425
New Mexico NM11$264−11%$225 – $288
South Dakota SD21$260−12%$239 – $315
Alabama AL21$260−12%$149 – $385
Minnesota MN72$256−13%$94 – $386
Indiana IN43$248−16%$145 – $412
North Carolina NC44$248−16%$177 – $375
Missouri MO45$244−17%$184 – $425
Vermont VT11$235−20%$124 – $513
Iowa IA64$228−23%$110 – $331
Louisiana LA31$228−23%$84 – $321
Nebraska NE62$216−27%$164 – $374
Oregon OR45$215−27%$152 – $387
Arizona AZ15$211−29%$66 – $334
Maine ME21$210−29%$128 – $321
Kansas KS63$192−35%$135 – $421
Montana MT27$177−40%$103 – $291
Arkansas AR14$169−43%$86 – $242
Tennessee TN23$160−46%$87 – $481
Wyoming WY11$153−48%$84 – $331
Kentucky KY24$146−51%$114 – $329
New Hampshire NH15$139−53%$55 – $261
Mississippi MS35$135−54%$83 – $193
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $295.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,371$334$174 – $606
Children’s63$410$217 – $1,022
Critical access618$225$125 – $411
Ownership
For-profit178$357$178 – $777
Government418$248$138 – $429
Non-profit1,456$302$158 – $547
System affiliation
Part of a system1,631$314$164 – $575
Independent427$235$125 – $412

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$475
Median cash price$295
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

1,491 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $332 and the average of the middle 60% is $346; most fall between $174 and $599.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,491 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
$114$193$332$520$794

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($114 vs $794).

Of the 1,602 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,491 gave a usable cash price; 46 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,058 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,214 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,058
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded78
Hospitals that filed this code2,214

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 24, 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 PR Apply Long Arm Cast.

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, “Long arm cast, shoulder to hand (CPT 29065) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29065-long-arm-cast-shoulder-to-hand