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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Colorado 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 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$269$182 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$479 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,918Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,951professional $269

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
$181.97
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $316 · 18th 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.