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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$93.33$60.26 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$42.66 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $43 to $74Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $43 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $62professional $93

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
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$89.13

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.