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Cast Windowing Procedure

Connecticut 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 Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$66.07$52.48 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,549 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $83 to $10,471Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $41 to $178
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $66

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$154.88

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 24th 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.