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Cast Windowing Procedure

Maryland 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?

$53.70

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $40.74 to $67.61.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $38 to $617Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $35 to $93
$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$114.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$53.70

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.