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Knee Strapping/Taping

Minnesota 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $123 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$52.48$38.02 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$79.43 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $31 to $794Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $30 to $105
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $123professional $52

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
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$53.70

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.