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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Florida 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?

$2,425

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,425 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$138 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,230 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,571Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $123 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $186

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
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15

Where Florida 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

Florida· 8th of 49

$2,425

$186 physician + $2,239 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.