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Cast Windowing Procedure

Kansas 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$60.26 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$63.10 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,288Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $51 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $145professional $71

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
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
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
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.00

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$72.44

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.