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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Montana 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?

$522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 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$240$191 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$234 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $229 to $417Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $240

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11

Where Montana 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

Montana· 33rd of 49

$522

$240 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.