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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

South Carolina 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?

$528

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$204$151 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$214 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,023Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $126 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $204

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
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 31st of 49

$528

$204 physician + $324 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.