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Cast Windowing Procedure

Massachusetts 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 8 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$81.28$56.23 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$51.29 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $47 to $1,862Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $46 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $65professional $81

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
$60.26
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$138.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$165.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$81.28

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.