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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Iowa 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?

$611

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $611 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$240$204 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$309 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,380Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $135 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $240

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 49

$611

$240 physician + $372 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.