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Cast Windowing Procedure

Maine 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$53.70 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$102 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $52 to $708Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $45 to $98
$50$100$200$500facility $501professional $63

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$128.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
8 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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 35th of 51

$64.57

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.