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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Nebraska 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$347$269 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$437 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $269 to $13,490Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $162 to $977
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,778professional $347

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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $398 · 6th 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.