Musculoskeletal Surgery · 29799
Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure
What Medicare pays for 29799, what providers bill, and how the price varies across 2 states, drawn from CMS 2023 claims data.
- $16.65
- Medicare pays
- $214.65
- Providers bill
- 12.9×
- Markup
- #4,986 of 9,297
- Volume rank
The verdict
Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure pairs modest national service volume with one of the steepest markups in the catalog.
- 46th pct.
- national service volume
- Top 5%
- billed-to-Medicare markup
- 12.9×
- billed vs. Medicare
- $16.65
- Medicare pays, national avg
Volume percentile ranks this code's national service volume against every tracked procedure; markup percentile ranks its billed-to-Medicare ratio the same way. The same two figures drive both the verdict sentence and the chips above.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the 2023 Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset records payments for 9,297 procedure codes billed across 5,426 hospitals in 56 states and territories; see our methodology for how each figure is sourced and computed.
Jurisdiction coverage for this code
56states and territories in the CMS extract
Price Range Across States
What You Might Pay
Estimated using RAND 2024 commercial-to-Medicare ratios. Actual prices vary by insurer, plan, and facility.
How we estimate these prices
These estimates are based on the RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study (4th Edition, 2024). We map each PlainProcedure category onto a RAND CPT-section bucket (Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, Medicine, Anesthesia, Evaluation and Management) or fall back to the national average when no bucket matches. For Musculoskeletal Surgery, the applied ratio is 2.54x Medicare (RAND 2024 Surgery bucket (2.54x) + CMS Medicare baseline). Cash/self-pay estimates blend typical cash discounts (55% of billed charges) with Medicare-based estimates (150% of allowed amounts). These are statistical estimates, not quotes. Contact your insurer or provider for actual costs.
Where this markup sits nationally
Markup (billed ÷ Medicare) across 8,901 procedures with a meaningful Medicare rate
13 Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% of 8,901 procedures
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Source CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners · 2023
What the billed charge breaks down into
$214.65
What the Data Says About Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure
Across 2 states with reporting providers, CPT code 29799 (Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure) shows a national average Medicare payment of $16.65 against an average billed charge of $214.65. That gap, a 12.9x markup, or 1189% above the Medicare allowed amount, sits among the widest billed-to-paid spreads we track, the kind of chargemaster pricing almost no payer, insured or cash, actually honors in full.
Musculoskeletal Surgery procedures like this one saw 999 services billed to Medicare in 2023 by 29 distinct providers, serving 103 unique beneficiaries. State-level variation is significant: Arizona reports the lowest average payment at $15.79, while Nevada reports the highest at $19.66. The 25% spread here is a moderate, fairly ordinary GPCI effect, local cost-of-practice adjustments nudging the allowed amount up or down without reshaping it. Applying the RAND 2024 commercial-to-Medicare ratio for this category (2.54x Medicare; RAND 2024 Surgery bucket (2.54x) + CMS Medicare baseline), the estimated commercial insurance price lands near $53.59, with self-pay cash discounts commonly bringing the figure closer to $74.85. Within Musculoskeletal Surgery, Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure ranks #1410 of 1411 tracked procedures by national average Medicare payment.
Where this sits in the registry
Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure (29799) is a CMS 2023 Part B code. These pages keep the volume map and the markup map separate.
- National volume versus markup on the statistics page, the same two maps as this capsule. Statistics
- Other Musculoskeletal Surgery codes, ranked by Medicare payment inside the category. Category
- How volume rank and markup rank are computed. Methodology
- The full procedures listing in volume order. Procedures
Figures here are CMS averages, not a quote for any patient, plan, or visit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure rank among Medicare procedures?
According to CMS Medicare Part B claims, Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure (CPT 29799) ranks #4,986 of 9,297 procedures by national service volume, the same sort as the procedures listing, and #1,410 of 1,411 within Musculoskeletal Surgery by national average Medicare payment. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
How much does Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure cost?
Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure (CPT 29799) is priced fairly consistently nationwide: Medicare pays $16.65 on average, and the $15.79-$19.66 state range stays relatively tight. Providers typically bill $214.65.
Why do providers charge more than Medicare pays?
Providers set their own chargemaster rates (billed charges), which are typically much higher than what any insurer pays. Medicare pays a fixed rate based on the procedure code and geographic location. The billed charge is relevant mainly for uninsured patients, who may face prices closer to the submitted charge.
How much does Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure cost with insurance?
Commercial insurers pay well above Medicare for other casting or wrapping procedure, an estimated $53.59 on average (range: $37.52-$75.03), versus $16.65 from Medicare. Without insurance, the estimated cash price is $74.85.
Which state has the lowest cost for Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure?
Arizona and Nevada bookend the range for Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure, at $15.79 and $19.66 respectively - a relatively tight $3.87 spread nationwide.
How many providers perform Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure?
Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure is comparatively uncommon: only 29 providers nationally billed Medicare for it in 2023, serving 103 beneficiaries via 999 total services.
What is the billed-to-Medicare markup for Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure?
Providers bill 12.9x what Medicare pays for Other Casting Or Wrapping Procedure - one of the steepest markups in the catalog at 1189% above the Medicare rate.
Nationwide similar CPT codes
Data-derived peers across the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners extract: nearest national service volume and nearest average Medicare payment. Not clinical substitutes: claim-mass and payment neighborhoods only.
Closest national service volume
Nearest codes with ≥100 services (999 here).
Closest average Medicare payment
Nearest codes with payment ≥ $5 ($16.65 here).
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Data from CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Related
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