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Repair Of A Body, Hip Or Shoulder Cast

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 29720

Fixes damage to a large cast that anchors on the trunk and extends onto a limb, whether it runs down onto one or both legs or out onto an arm and shoulder, or to a rigid body jacket. Cracked or softened areas are reinforced, edges are trimmed and padded, and the cast is made secure again. It is a short visit that restores the support the cast was giving.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Body, Hip Or Shoulder Cast cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$54.95 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$162 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,738Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $42 to $646
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $89

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
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
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.47

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 13th of 51

$95.50

AK $204VA $52.48

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.