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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Nebraska 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?

$635

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $635 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$263$204 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$214 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,549Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $123 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $263

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 49

$635

$263 physician + $372 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.