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Rigid Body Cast Application, Including The Head

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 8 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$269$204 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$224 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,888Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $174 to $468
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $324professional $269

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
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,348.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $282 · 35th 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.