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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$43.65 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$58.88 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $42 to $2,138Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $40 to $93
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $251professional $60

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
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
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
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.61

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$60.26

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.