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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Montana 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$41.69$32.36 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$34.67 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $34 to $83Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $26 to $89
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $51professional $42

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
$20.42
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$42.66

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.