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Figure-Eight Cast Application

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 29049

Applies a figure-of-eight cast that passes around both shoulders and crosses behind the back, holding the shoulders drawn back so a healing collarbone stays in good position. The casting material is moulded in place and hardens, rather than being a fabric strap or an adjustable brace. It is most often used after a break in the collarbone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Figure-Eight Cast Application cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$100$77.62 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$339 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,715Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $63 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $100

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
$89.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.0 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$115

CA $380KY $75.86

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.