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Body Cast Extending Over the Head

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 29040

Application of a body cast that runs from the shoulders down to the hips and also extends upward to hold the head and neck. Immobilizing the neck along with the trunk keeps the upper spine completely still while an injury or surgical repair heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Body Cast Extending Over the Head cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$389$288 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$170 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,820Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $170 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $389

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
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$380

CA $955KY $214

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.