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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Massachusetts 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 9 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$38.02$28.84 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$22.39 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $21 to $1,862Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $20 to $83
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $29professional $38

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
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$97.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$38.02

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.