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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 October 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$257$209 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$200 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,230Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $155 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $257

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
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
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 39th of 51

$257

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.