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Cast Windowing Procedure

New York 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$48.98 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$661 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,467Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $42 to $100
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $58

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
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$158.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$112.20
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$131.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
5 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
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77

Where New York 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 York· 44th of 51

$57.54

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.