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Cast Windowing Procedure

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$58.88$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$61.66 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,230Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $41 to $93
$100$1K$10Kfacility $107professional $59

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 46th 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.