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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$83.18 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$58.88 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $50 to $224Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $59 to $170
$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $102

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
4 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
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$102

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.