go back

Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Indiana 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$174 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$339 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,129Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $155 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $200

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
$165.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
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
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$219

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.