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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 5 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$60.26$46.77 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$66.07 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,622Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $41 to $115
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $186professional $60

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
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$61.66

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.