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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 July 2026.

How much does Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 8 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$347$224 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$214 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,715Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $174 to $813
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $302professional $347

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
$162.18
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $347 · 12th 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.