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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

North Dakota 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$457$339 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$178 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $135 to $437Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $269 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $457

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
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 9th of 51

$398

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.