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Cast Windowing Procedure

Missouri 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$63.10$48.98 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$245 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $55 to $7,079Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $115
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $63

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
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$69.18

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.