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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$50.12 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$129 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $55 to $5,012Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $676professional $63

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
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
4 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
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.61

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$66.07

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.