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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$64.57

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $83.18.

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

Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $44 to $112
$50$100$200professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 27th of 51

$64.57

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.