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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Illinois 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?

$598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$148 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$251 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,622Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $138 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $200

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
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
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$598

$200 physician + $398 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.