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Application Of A Halo Body Cast

Iowa rates for HCPCS 29000

Puts on a rigid cast that encircles the trunk and connects to a metal ring anchored to the skull, locking the head, neck and body together as one unit. That connection to the head ring is what sets it apart from a plain trunk cast. It is used to hold the upper spine completely still while a fracture, an unstable neck or a surgical repair heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Application Of A Halo Body Cast cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$282 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$457 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $295 to $7,244Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$389

CA $1,072KY $224

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.