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Strapping of Hand or Finger

North Carolina 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$40.74$28.84 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$28.84 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $20 to $447Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $20 to $89
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $49professional $41

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
$20.42
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 17th of 51

$40.74

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.