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Knee Strapping/Taping

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29530

Application of a supportive strapping or taping wrap around the knee to provide external support and limit movement after an injury or during recovery. It is a nonsurgical, temporary support measure rather than a rigid cast or brace.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Strapping/Taping cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$53.70$34.67 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$38.02 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $22 to $148Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $23 to $145
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $54

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
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$57.54

CA $61.66WV $28.84

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.