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Cast Windowing Procedure

Rhode Island 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?

$77.62

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $87.10.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $63 to $3,467Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $45 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $78

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 16th of 51

$77.62

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.