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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Arizona 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$191 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$186 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,042Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $269

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
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
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 35th of 51

$269

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.