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Cast Windowing Procedure

West 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 5 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$56.23$45.71 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$43.65 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $44 to $69Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $40 to $74
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $60professional $56

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
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$354.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$56.23

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.