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Cast Windowing Procedure

Oklahoma 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$53.70 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$66.07 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,202Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $45 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $95professional $65

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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 32nd of 51

$66.07

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.