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Cast Windowing Procedure

North Dakota 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$102$77.62 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$42.66 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $43 to $263Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $62 to $162
$50$100$200$500facility $62professional $102

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
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$97.72

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.