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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

New Jersey 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$240$178 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$324 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,677Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $155 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
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
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$240

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.