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Knee Strapping/Taping

Virginia 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, 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 $38.02 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$30.20$21.38 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$25.70 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $19 to $1,778Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $56
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $38professional $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
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
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
$16.98
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$30.90

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.