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Application Of A Shoulder Spica Cast

Wyoming 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?

$687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$263 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$288 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $224 to $380Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $224 to $676
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
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
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 16th of 51

$687

$398 physician + $288 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.