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Cast Windowing Procedure

Montana 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 5 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$72.44$58.88 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$75.86 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $72 to $117Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $45 to $117
$50$100$200$500facility $85professional $72

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$75.86

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.