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Cast Windowing Procedure

Arizona 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$58.88$46.77 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$70.79 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,445Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $40 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $59

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
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
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.89

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 41st of 51

$60.26

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.