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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Kansas 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?

$502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$251$186 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$174 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,288Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $251

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
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
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
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 34th of 51

$502

$251 physician + $251 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.