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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 October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast cost?

$491

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$240$186 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$195 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,202Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $240

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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
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
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 36th of 51

$491

$240 physician + $251 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.