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Figure-Eight Cast Application

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

How much does Figure-Eight Cast Application cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $135 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$97.72 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$85.11 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $59 to $2,042Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $135professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$155

AK $282FL $74.13

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.