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Long Arm Cast Application

Michigan rates for HCPCS 29065

This service applies a rigid cast that extends from the shoulder area down to the hand, immobilizing the elbow and forearm. It is used to support healing after an injury such as a fracture involving the upper arm, elbow, or forearm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Long Arm Cast Application cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $214 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$87.10 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$191 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $112 to $575Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $74 to $132
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $107

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
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
9 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
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.59

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$110

AK $275KY $75.86

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.