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Cast Windowing Procedure

Kentucky 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$42.66 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$46.77 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $38 to $1,148Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $38 to $81
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $68professional $52

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
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$52.48

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.