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Cast Windowing Procedure

Wyoming 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$85.11 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$132 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $93 to $302Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $126

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
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
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.12

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$126

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.