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Application Of A One-piece Rigid Body Cast

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $251 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$234 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$178 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,862Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$389

AK $661MD $182

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.