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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Massachusetts 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?

$537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$214 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$155 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,820Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $158 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $324

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
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
5 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
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$537

$324 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.