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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$67.61$53.70 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$63.10 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $47 to $708Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $36 to $98
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $68

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
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
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.13

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 26th of 51

$69.18

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.