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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

South Dakota 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$347 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $457Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $257 to $832
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $447

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
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
5 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
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$437

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.