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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Missouri 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?

$867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$191$155 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$182 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,012Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $191

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
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
4 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
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 7th of 51

$867

$191 physician + $676 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.