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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 October 2026.

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

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$708 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$331 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,622Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $832

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
5 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
$91.20
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$741

AK $741KY $186

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.