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

Wedging of a cast to change limb position

CPT 29740the billing code this page is about

Covers cutting and wedging an existing cast to gradually adjust the angle of the limb; this code is for casts other than clubfoot casts.

Hospitals typically charge $276 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 708 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $288. Most fall between $136 and $540 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
708
States
47
Filings dated
Jan 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 708 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
$102$160$276$468$773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($102 vs $773).

How the prices are spread

$72 – $95: 30 hospitals$72$95 – $127: 65 hospitals$127 – $169: 56 hospitals$127$169 – $226: 83 hospitals$226 – $301: 118 hospitals$226$301 – $401: 111 hospitals$401 – $534: 66 hospitals$401$534 – $712: 58 hospitals$712 – $949: 32 hospitals$712$949 – $1,265: 19 hospitals$949median $276price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (638 of 708 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$72$9530
$95$12765
$127$16956
$169$22683
$226$301118
$301$401111
$401$53466
$534$71258
$712$94932
$949$1,26519

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$286
Median cash price$276
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 $276.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $442 across 29 hospitalsWA$442Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $173 across 13 hospitalsMN$173Illinois: median $186 across 28 hospitalsIL$186Wisconsin: median $302 across 35 hospitalsWI$302Michigan: median $293 across 24 hospitalsMI$293New York: median $314 across 38 hospitalsNY$314Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $239 across 24 hospitalsOR$239Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $240 across 21 hospitalsIA$240Indiana: median $107 across 10 hospitalsIN$107Ohio: median $291 across 20 hospitalsOH$291Pennsylvania: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $713 across 31 hospitalsNJ$713Connecticut: median $422 across 10 hospitalsCT$422Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $521 across 82 hospitalsCA$521Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $128 across 10 hospitalsCO$128Nebraska: median $143 across 11 hospitalsNE$143Missouri: median $315 across 13 hospitalsMO$315Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $46 across 10 hospitalsVA$46Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $140 across 16 hospitalsKS$140Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $88 across 13 hospitalsTN$88North Carolina: median $173 across 15 hospitalsNC$173South Carolina: median $432 across 14 hospitalsSC$432Oklahoma: median $113 across 17 hospitalsOK$113Louisiana: median $131 across 12 hospitalsLA$131Mississippi: median $116 across 16 hospitalsMS$116Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $615 across 14 hospitalsGA$615Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $252 across 62 hospitalsTX$252Florida: median $154 across 16 hospitalsFL$154
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $276. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ31$713+158%$294 – $5,110
Georgia GA14$615+123%$174 – $615
California CA82$521+89%$330 – $773
Washington WA29$442+60%$208 – $554
South Carolina SC14$432+56%$207 – $432
Connecticut CT10$422+53%$292 – $465
Missouri MO13$315+14%$152 – $315
New York NY38$314+14%$209 – $540
Wisconsin WI35$302+10%$269 – $335
Michigan MI24$293+6%$126 – $385
Ohio OH20$291+6%$143 – $544
Texas TX62$252−9%$222 – $410
Iowa IA21$240−13%$160 – $240
Oregon OR24$239−13%$158 – $1,317
Illinois IL28$186−32%$102 – $555
North Carolina NC15$173−37%$161 – $173
Minnesota MN13$173−37%$154 – $361
Florida FL16$154−44%$122 – $712
Nebraska NE11$143−48%$127 – $171
Kansas KS16$140−49%$80 – $203
Louisiana LA12$131−53%$76 – $289
Colorado CO10$128−53%$110 – $274
Mississippi MS16$116−58%$67 – $181
Oklahoma OK17$113−59%$106 – $113
Indiana IN10$107−61%$102 – $243
Tennessee TN13$88−68%$42 – $165
Virginia VA10$46−83%$42 – $237
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not 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 $276.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care516$293$158 – $555
Children’s46$367$173 – $1,131
Critical access145$198$111 – $333
Ownership
For-profit68$302$142 – $785
Government113$194$122 – $330
Non-profit526$292$143 – $544
System affiliation
Part of a system574$294$145 – $555
Independent134$206$122 – $380

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$420
Median cash price$276
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

490 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $269 and the average of the middle 60% is $301; most fall between $147 and $544.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 490 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
$102$173$269$499$773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($102 vs $773).

Of the 547 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 490 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

708 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 783 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted708
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
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 — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code783

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 PR Wedging of 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Wedging of a cast to change limb position (CPT 29740) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29740-wedging-of-a-cast-to-change-limb-position