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

Short leg splint below the knee

CPT 29515the billing code this page is about

Application of a splint to the lower leg, from below the knee down over the ankle and foot.

Hospitals typically charge $208 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,864 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $227. Most fall between $108 and $421 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,864
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 2,864 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
$72$129$208$373$557

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($72 vs $557).

How the prices are spread

$54 – $72: 141 hospitals$54$72 – $95: 182 hospitals$95 – $125: 219 hospitals$95$125 – $165: 368 hospitals$165 – $218: 453 hospitals$165$218 – $288: 378 hospitals$288 – $380: 293 hospitals$288$380 – $502: 301 hospitals$502 – $662: 177 hospitals$502$662 – $874: 66 hospitals$662median $208price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,578 of 2,864 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$54$72141
$72$95182
$95$125219
$125$165368
$165$218453
$218$288378
$288$380293
$380$502301
$502$662177
$662$87466

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$166
Median cash price$208
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.25×

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 $208.

Alaska: median $253 across 17 hospitalsAK$253Maine: median $120 across 22 hospitalsME$120Vermont: median $195 across 12 hospitalsVT$195New Hampshire: median $107 across 21 hospitalsNH$107Washington: median $246 across 72 hospitalsWA$246Idaho: median $184 across 22 hospitalsID$184Montana: median $148 across 32 hospitalsMT$148North Dakota: median $204 across 28 hospitalsND$204Minnesota: median $206 across 97 hospitalsMN$206Illinois: median $250 across 123 hospitalsIL$250Wisconsin: median $197 across 98 hospitalsWI$197Michigan: median $147 across 81 hospitalsMI$147New York: median $203 across 101 hospitalsNY$203Massachusetts: median $307 across 45 hospitalsMA$307Oregon: median $141 across 53 hospitalsOR$141Nevada: median $232 across 17 hospitalsNV$232Wyoming: median $148 across 14 hospitalsWY$148South Dakota: median $192 across 37 hospitalsSD$192Iowa: median $156 across 86 hospitalsIA$156Indiana: median $179 across 63 hospitalsIN$179Ohio: median $254 across 104 hospitalsOH$254Pennsylvania: median $249 across 123 hospitalsPA$249New Jersey: median $437 across 57 hospitalsNJ$437Connecticut: median $259 across 20 hospitalsCT$259Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $497 across 153 hospitalsCA$497Utah: median $305 across 33 hospitalsUT$305Colorado: median $203 across 57 hospitalsCO$203Nebraska: median $166 across 72 hospitalsNE$166Missouri: median $171 across 60 hospitalsMO$171Kentucky: median $184 across 54 hospitalsKY$184West Virginia: median $219 across 39 hospitalsWV$219Virginia: median $221 across 55 hospitalsVA$221Maryland: median $240 across 21 hospitalsMD$240Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $101 across 34 hospitalsAZ$101New Mexico: median $245 across 28 hospitalsNM$245Kansas: median $150 across 78 hospitalsKS$150Arkansas: median $133 across 38 hospitalsAR$133Tennessee: median $95 across 63 hospitalsTN$95North Carolina: median $211 across 61 hospitalsNC$211South Carolina: median $288 across 46 hospitalsSC$288Oklahoma: median $166 across 66 hospitalsOK$166Louisiana: median $157 across 48 hospitalsLA$157Mississippi: median $93 across 52 hospitalsMS$93Alabama: median $154 across 31 hospitalsAL$154Georgia: median $384 across 95 hospitalsGA$384Hawaii: median $377 across 18 hospitalsHI$377Texas: median $244 across 185 hospitalsTX$244Florida: median $412 across 119 hospitalsFL$412
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $208. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA153$497+139%$209 – $788
New Jersey NJ57$437+110%$175 – $3,786
Florida FL119$412+98%$160 – $748
Georgia GA95$384+85%$106 – $541
Hawaii HI18$377+81%$344 – $561
Massachusetts MA45$307+48%$171 – $456
Utah UT33$305+46%$224 – $362
South Carolina SC46$288+38%$204 – $323
Connecticut CT20$259+25%$111 – $369
Ohio OH104$254+22%$145 – $472
Alaska AK17$253+22%$223 – $570
Illinois IL123$250+20%$134 – $419
Pennsylvania PA123$249+20%$138 – $586
Washington WA72$246+18%$133 – $410
New Mexico NM28$245+18%$172 – $396
Texas TX185$244+17%$142 – $499
Maryland MD21$240+15%$154 – $297
Nevada NV17$232+12%$176 – $480
Virginia VA55$221+6%$65 – $443
West Virginia WV39$219+5%$135 – $326
North Carolina NC61$211+2%$142 – $305
Minnesota MN97$206−1%$106 – $257
North Dakota ND28$204−2%$131 – $295
Colorado CO57$203−2%$82 – $276
New York NY101$203−2%$93 – $448
Wisconsin WI98$197−5%$135 – $279
Vermont VT12$195−6%$85 – $450
South Dakota SD37$192−8%$134 – $275
Kentucky KY54$184−11%$96 – $368
Idaho ID22$184−12%$104 – $363
Indiana IN63$179−14%$69 – $349
Missouri MO60$171−18%$109 – $252
Nebraska NE72$166−20%$121 – $242
Oklahoma OK66$166−20%$100 – $401
Louisiana LA48$157−25%$77 – $268
Iowa IA86$156−25%$96 – $226
Alabama AL31$154−26%$99 – $310
Kansas KS78$150−28%$92 – $268
Montana MT32$148−29%$84 – $220
Wyoming WY14$148−29%$62 – $452
Michigan MI81$147−29%$68 – $339
Oregon OR53$141−32%$103 – $304
Arkansas AR38$133−36%$83 – $216
Maine ME22$120−42%$83 – $189
New Hampshire NH21$107−48%$46 – $159
Arizona AZ34$101−51%$84 – $611
Tennessee TN63$95−54%$65 – $218
Mississippi MS52$93−55%$47 – $165
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $208.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,908$228$125 – $484
Children’s63$299$134 – $728
Critical access888$162$92 – $278
Ownership
For-profit305$266$135 – $672
Government594$169$97 – $294
Non-profit1,960$220$113 – $441
System affiliation
Part of a system2,276$221$118 – $460
Independent588$170$92 – $310

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$355
Median cash price$208
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

2,116 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $228 and the average of the middle 60% is $250; most fall between $124 and $443.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,116 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
$82$138$228$395$541

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($82 vs $541).

Of the 2,267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,116 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 97 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,864 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (72%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,072 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,864
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here90
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded108
Hospitals that filed this code3,072

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 Application Short Leg Splint Calf Foot.

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, “Short leg splint below the knee (CPT 29515) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29515-short-leg-splint-below-the-knee