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Application Of A One-piece Rigid Body Cast

North Carolina 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 6 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$288$214 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$240 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $166 to $8,710Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $155 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $355professional $288

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
$218.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$295

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.