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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

North Carolina 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$309$224 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$245 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,288Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $174 to $631
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $331professional $309

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
$173.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $309 · 20th 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.