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Cast Windowing Procedure

Minnesota 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$115$75.86 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$66.07 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $44 to $676Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $62 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $115

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
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$194.98
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.61

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$117

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.