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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

New York 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$229 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$776 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,898Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $182 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $269

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
$707.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$794.33
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
6 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
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78

Where New York 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 York· 34th of 51

$269

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.