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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

New Hampshire 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?

$1,557

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$269$186 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$479 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,630Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $145 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $269

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$275.42

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 10th of 49

$1,557

$269 physician + $1,288 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.