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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 9 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$64.57$52.48 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$87.10 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $56 to $4,898Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $45 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $65

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
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$158.49
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$229.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$245.47
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$181.97
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04

Where New York 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 York· 18th of 51

$69.18

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.