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Ankle and Foot Strapping

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29540

The application of tape or a similar wrapping material to support and stabilize the ankle and foot, typically after a sprain or other soft-tissue injury. It helps limit movement and provide support while the injured tissue heals, without requiring a rigid cast or brace. It's a common, quick treatment applied in an office setting after an evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ankle and Foot Strapping cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$21.88 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$63.10 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $891Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $18 to $46
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $63professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$4.57
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$30.90

AK $69.18VA $22.91

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.