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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Michigan 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 5 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$35.48$26.30 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$37.15 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $26 to $151Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $55
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $60professional $35

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
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$35.48

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.