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Cast Windowing Procedure

Mississippi 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$53.70 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$75.86 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $40 to $912Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $41 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $151professional $76

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
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 14th of 51

$77.62

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.