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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Kentucky 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 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 $851 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$200$162 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$245 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $186 to $10,715Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $148 to $372
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $851professional $200

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
$302.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $219 · 51st 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.