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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Utah 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$309$224 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$324 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,571Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $170 to $977
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,162professional $309

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
$223.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38

Where Utah 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.

Utah $324 · 16th 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.