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Cast Windowing Procedure

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$69.18$54.95 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$61.66 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $44 to $240Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $44 to $148
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $76professional $69

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
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th 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.