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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 October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$398$257 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$240 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,047Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $204 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $398

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
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$815

$398 physician + $417 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.