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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 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 5 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$275$204 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$617 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,074Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $513
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,445professional $275

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
$331.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $282 · 34th 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.