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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Illinois 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 negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 6 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$200 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$339 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $240 to $5,370Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $166 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $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
$181.97
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd 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.