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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

South Carolina 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 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$263$182 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$282 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $204 to $9,120Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $166 to $437
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $427professional $263

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
$204.17
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina $282 · 30th 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.