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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 July 2026.

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

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$316$251 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$427 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,244Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $676professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $355 · 11th 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.