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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Massachusetts 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$263 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$195 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,042Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $275professional $427

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
$263.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$891.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
6 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
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$427

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.