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Knee Strapping/Taping

Massachusetts 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 9 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$36.31$27.54 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$20.42 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $1,862Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $79
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $27professional $36

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
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$85.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$83.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$36.31

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.