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Cast Windowing Procedure

Oregon 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$95.50$64.57 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$83.18 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $60 to $148Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $48 to $166
$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $95

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
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 5th of 51

$100

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.