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Cast Windowing Procedure

Idaho 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 8 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$72.44$58.88 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$64.57 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $50 to $407Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $46 to $129
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $105professional $72

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$74.13

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.