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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$102$85.11 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$85.11 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,349Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $65 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $166professional $102

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
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
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$107

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.