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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$81.28$58.88 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$70.79 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,549Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $41 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $112professional $81

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$83.18

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.