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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Louisiana 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 5 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$282$224 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$355 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,715Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $166 to $457
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $933professional $282

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
$234.42
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $302 · 21st 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.