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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 July 2026.

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

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 5 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$257$182 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$372 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,623Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $155 to $631
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,230professional $257

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $275 · 37th 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.