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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 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 $69.18 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$52.48$43.65 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$52.48 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $47 to $11,220Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $39 to $81
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $69professional $52

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
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$52.48

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.