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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 October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$224$174 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$166 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $110 to $912Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $224

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
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 45th of 51

$438

$224 physician + $214 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.