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Cast Windowing Procedure

Utah 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$64.57$54.95 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$64.57 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $65 to $468Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $43 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $87professional $65

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 28th of 51

$64.57

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.