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Adjustable Body Cast, Trunk Only

California rates for HCPCS 29020

A rigid cast is applied around the trunk with a turnbuckle built into it — a screw device that can be tightened over time to straighten a curved spine gradually. This version covers the trunk and does not extend up over the head.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Adjustable Body Cast, Trunk Only cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 6 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$1,288$1,288 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,981 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,288

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54

Where California sits

The same service costs 97.7 times more in California than in Washington. 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.

California· 1st of 35

$5,888

CA $5,888WA $60.26

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.