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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29015

This service applies a rigid, full-body cast that wraps around the torso and extends up to cover the head, holding the spine in a fixed, corrected position. It is used to support and stabilize the spine, often in children being treated for a spinal curvature.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$617$224 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$263 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,380Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,413
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $407professional $617

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
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $575 · 3rd of 51
CA $977KY $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.