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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 October 2026.

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

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$234 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$204 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,862Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $166 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $269professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$309

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.