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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 July 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$621

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$145 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$214 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,622Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $126 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 21st of 49

$621

$204 physician + $417 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.