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Cast Windowing Procedure

Virginia 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$44.67 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$70.79 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $46 to $2,344Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $39 to $87
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $372professional $52

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
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
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
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 50th of 51

$52.48

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.