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Cast Windowing Procedure

Nevada 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$53.70$43.65 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$66.07 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $45 to $3,715Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $37 to $85
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $54

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
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
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
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.46

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 47th of 51

$54.95

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.