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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Georgia 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?

$1,799

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,799 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$214$155 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$692 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,802Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $347
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $214

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
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 9th of 49

$1,799

$214 physician + $1,585 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.