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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Louisiana 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?

$556

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $556 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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$209$170 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$240 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,096Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $126 to $339
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $209

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
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 28th of 49

$556

$209 physician + $347 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.