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Cast Windowing Procedure

Georgia 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$57.54 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$107 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $50 to $2,818Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $44 to $115
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $65

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
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
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
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.76

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$69.18

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.