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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Michigan 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$251$182 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$372 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,898Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $380
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,698professional $251

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
$229.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $257 · 44th 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.