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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$54.95 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$151 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $52 to $1,738Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $42 to $468
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $72

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
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
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$75.86

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.