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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

South Dakota 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?

$534

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$269 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$151 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $126 to $347Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $191 to $631
$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $339

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
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
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 30th of 51

$534

$339 physician + $195 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.