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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 July 2026.

How much does Cast Windowing Procedure cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 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 $70.79 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 8 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$63.10$48.98 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$51.29 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $44 to $1,820Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $44 to $105
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $71professional $63

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
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th 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.