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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 July 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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$186 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$182 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $162 to $617Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $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
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 36th of 49

$483

$214 physician + $269 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.