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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29280

This service covers the application of supportive taping or wrapping to the hand or a finger, used to stabilize a minor injury such as a sprain or jammed finger, provide support after a minor procedure, or limit motion while an injury heals. It does not involve a rigid cast. It is a quick in-office service usually performed by a clinician or trained staff member.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Strapping of Hand or Finger cost?

$32.36

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.18 to $47.86.

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

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $62 to $1,175Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $18 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $95professional $32

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
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in West 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$32.36

AK $60.26WV $28.18

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.