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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Missouri 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$204 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$195 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,370Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $282

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
$251.19
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
5 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
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 28th of 51

$282

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.