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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 July 2026.

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

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 9 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$288$229 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$708 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $245 to $7,413Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $182 to $708
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090professional $288

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
$213.80
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$707.95
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$758.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95

Where New York 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 York $331 · 15th 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.