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Strapping of Hand or Finger

New Jersey 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$31.62$23.99 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$52.48 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $35 to $3,311Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $83
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $32

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
$35.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$33.11

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.