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Application Of A Halo Body Cast

Louisiana 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 5 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$324$245 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$407 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,715Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $178 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $324

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
$251.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$355

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.