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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 July 2026.

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

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 7 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$363$257 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$288 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $234 to $813Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $178 to $724
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $389professional $363

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
$177.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota $363 · 9th 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.