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Strapping of Hand or Finger

New Mexico 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 Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$32.36$24.55 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$38.02 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $25 to $457Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $20 to $76
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $74professional $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
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 30th 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.