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Cast Windowing Procedure

Florida 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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$56.23$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$724 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $52 to $3,631Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $40 to $85
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $56

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
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$56.23

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.