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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 July 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$479$200 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$204 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $158 to $955Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $479

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
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Indiana 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· 16th of 49

$802

$479 physician + $324 facility

IN $4,072MD $245

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.