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Cast Windowing Procedure

Illinois 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 Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 6 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$67.61$48.98 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$63.10 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $45 to $813Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $44 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $115professional $68

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
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd 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.