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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$72.44$56.23 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$48.98 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $44 to $537Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $48 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $72

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
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
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
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st 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.