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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

North Dakota 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?

$528

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $219 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$309$219 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$219$135 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $135 to $234Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $135 to $550
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $309

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
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 30th of 49

$528

$309 physician + $219 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.