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Cast Windowing Procedure

Vermont 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?

$67.61

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $77.62.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $52 to $87
$50$100$200professional $68

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 20th of 51

$67.61

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.