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Application Of A One-piece Rigid Body Cast

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 29010

This is the application of a rigid, one-piece cast that wraps around the trunk, used to hold the spine still while a fracture heals, after certain spinal surgeries, or to help manage spinal curvature. Because it's applied in one continuous piece, it provides firm, consistent support without a separate upper and lower section. The cast is custom-molded to the individual's body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Application Of A One-piece Rigid Body Cast cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$245$186 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$372 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,715Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $148 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $245

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
$204.17
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 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· 27th of 51

$275

CA $646KY $219

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.