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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Montana 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$275 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$288 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $251 to $631Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $186 to $479
$100$200$500facility $316professional $302

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 23rd of 51

$302

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.