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Cast Windowing Procedure

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29730

This procedure cuts a small opening, or window, into an existing cast without removing the entire cast. It allows a clinician to inspect, clean, or treat the skin or a wound underneath while the rest of the limb stays supported and protected. The cut-out section can often be taped back in place afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$58.88 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$63.10 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $47 to $302Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $41 to $302
$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$126

MN $126KY $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.