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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Ohio 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 8 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$224$174 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$525 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $269 to $10,715Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $398
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,445professional $224

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
$223.87
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $245 · 50th 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.