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Application Of A Chest Strapping

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 29200

This procedure applies a supportive wrap, or strapping, around the chest to provide compression and support, often used after an injury such as a rib fracture or muscle strain. The wrap helps limit painful movement of the chest wall while it heals. It is a simple, nonsurgical supportive measure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Application Of A Chest Strapping cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$32.36 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$21.38 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $17 to $1,820Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $23 to $126
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $48professional $46

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
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$112.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
5 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
$8.32
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$11.22
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$45.71

AK $83.18VA $23.99

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.