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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$64.57$51.29 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$692 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,802Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $44 to $107
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $65

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
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$67.61

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.