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Cast Windowing Procedure

New Mexico 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$58.88$45.71 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$57.54 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $40 to $708Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $40 to $141
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $71professional $59

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
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Mexico $58.88 · 45th of 51
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.