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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Minnesota 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?

$1,185

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$288 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$427 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,862Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $214 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $427

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
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 49

$1,185

$427 physician + $759 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.