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Cast Windowing Procedure

New Hampshire 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$77.62$57.54 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$166 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,630Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $46 to $141
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,288professional $78

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$77.62

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 12th of 51

$77.62

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.