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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 October 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$63.10$54.95 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$87.10 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,698Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $49 to $87
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $63

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.71

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 37th of 51

$63.10

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.