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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$257$182 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,023 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,318Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $162 to $407
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $257

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
$302.00
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania $263 · 41st 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.