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Cast Windowing Procedure

Iowa 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $120 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$69.18$58.88 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$85.11 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,380Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $44 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $120professional $69

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$79.43

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.