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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Oregon 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?

$726

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$245 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$302 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $209 to $537Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $186 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $309

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
8 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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 14th of 51

$726

$309 physician + $417 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.