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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Connecticut 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$288$209 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,818 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,471Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $162 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $288

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
$562.34
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$302

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.