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Cast Windowing Procedure

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 8 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$56.23$43.65 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$83.18 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $56 to $2,512Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $40 to $85
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $200professional $56

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
$83.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$58.88

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.