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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Iowa 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 8 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$44.67$30.20 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$47.86 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $32 to $1,380Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $22 to $117
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $71professional $45

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
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$44.67

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.