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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$182$117 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$93.33 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $79 to $955Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $60 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $129professional $182

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
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
$21.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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· 1st of 51

$182

AK $182FL $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.