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Cast Windowing Procedure

Tennessee 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 5 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$61.66$51.29 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$282 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,905Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $41 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $62

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
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$63.10

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.