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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$50.12$39.81 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$47.86 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $36 to $2,630Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $34 to $79
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $89professional $50

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
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$2,089.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
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
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$52.48

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.