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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Iowa 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$355 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$302 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,698Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $282 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $427

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
$281.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
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
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$427

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.