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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Michigan 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?

$496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$158 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$200 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,413Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $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
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 34th of 49

$496

$214 physician + $282 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.