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Strapping of Hand or Finger

Virginia 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 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 8 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$30.90$22.91 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$30.90 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $22 to $2,455Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $20 to $60
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $49professional $31

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
$87.10
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$32.36

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.