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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 5 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$61.66$56.23 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$61.66 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $55 to $550Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $44 to $89
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $81professional $62

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
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 29th of 51

$64.57

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.