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Application Of A Chest Strapping

Minnesota 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$32.36 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$32.36 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $18 to $676Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $26 to $102
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $85professional $51

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
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$102.33
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$53.70

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.