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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Washington, DC 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?

$295

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $389.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,762Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $178 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $295

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
$186.21
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 26th of 51

$295

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.