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Cast Windowing Procedure

Alabama 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?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $105.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,175Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $38 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $63

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 15th of 51

$70.79

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.