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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Arizona 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?

$513

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$151 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$178 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,445Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
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
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$513

$204 physician + $309 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.