go back

Figure-Eight Cast Application

Rhode Island 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$85.11 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$123 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,890Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $117

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
5 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
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 14th of 51

$120

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.