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Cast Windowing Procedure

South Carolina 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$53.70 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$95.50 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $52 to $1,122Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $45 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $204professional $66

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
5 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
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$69.18

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.