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Cast Windowing Procedure

Colorado 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$54.95 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$380 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,129Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $46 to $107
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $66

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
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
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.61

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$72.44

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.