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Strapping of Hand or Finger

South 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$30.20$22.91 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$33.88 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $23 to $457Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $56
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $81professional $30

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
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$30.90

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.