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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $257 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 6 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$123$85.11 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$151 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $65 to $794Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $62 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $257professional $123

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
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$126

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.