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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 October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 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$219$166 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$141 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $98 to $380Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $316
$100$200$500facility $245professional $219

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
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
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
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$464

$219 physician + $245 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.