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Cast Windowing Procedure

South Dakota 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 7 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$87.10$58.88 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$69.18 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $52 to $145Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $44 to $151
$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $87

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$87.10

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.