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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Arkansas 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?

$436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$162 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$234 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $166 to $389Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $191

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
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 39th of 49

$436

$191 physician + $245 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.