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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Nevada 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?

$652

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $652 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$174$135 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$178 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,715Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $174

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
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
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
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 20th of 51

$652

$174 physician + $479 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.