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Cast Windowing Procedure

Louisiana 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$64.57$53.70 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$77.62 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $56 to $955Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $41 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $65

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
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$69.18

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.