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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 7 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$63.10$45.71 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$87.10 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $58 to $5,623Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $117
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$66.07

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.