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Unlisted Casting or Strapping Service

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 29799

Covers the application of a cast, splint, brace or strapping that does not match any standard named entry. The provider submits a written description of what was applied and to which body part. Because it stands in for many different techniques, what it covers varies from one case to the next.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Casting or Strapping Service cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$33.88$30.20 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$162 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,175Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $30 to $45
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $34

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
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 83.2 times more in Colorado than in Michigan. 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$204

CO $2,754MI $33.11

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.