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Figure-Eight Cast Application

Minnesota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$123 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$105 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $69 to $912Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $95 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $186

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
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$191

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.