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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$60.26$50.12 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$141 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,129Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $41 to $89
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $60

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$954.99
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
5 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
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$63.10

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.