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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 July 2026.

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

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$316$251 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$309 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $295 to $550Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $355professional $316

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81

Where Montana 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.

Montana $316 · 19th 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.