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Cast Windowing Procedure

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$57.54 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$69.18 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $58 to $1,202Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $41 to $151
$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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.92

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 15th 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.