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Cast Windowing Procedure

Indiana 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$58.88$44.67 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$3,090 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $138 to $8,318Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $40 to $93
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $59

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
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 32nd of 51

$63.10

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.