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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Texas 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$186 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$182 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,311Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $51 to $2,239
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $309professional $269

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
$275.42
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
10 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
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 32nd of 51

$269

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.