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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29055

A large cast is applied that wraps around the chest and continues down the arm, holding the shoulder in a set position. Keeping the shoulder and upper arm completely still lets a fracture or a repair heal in the right alignment. Padding is put on first and the cast is then moulded to the body.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$1,067

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$513 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$331 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,175Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,047
$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $589

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
4 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
$70.79
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$1,067

$589 physician + $479 facility

NY $2,495MD $313

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.