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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

New Mexico 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$251$182 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$240 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,380Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $148 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $251

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
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California 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 Mexico· 39th of 51

$263

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.