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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 July 2026.

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

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 5 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$263$186 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$2,188 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $309 to $11,749Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $162 to $741
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $263

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
$239.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $288 · 28th 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.