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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Minnesota 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$562$380 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$479 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,399Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,122
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $871professional $562

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
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $562 · 4th 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.