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Ankle and Foot Strapping

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Ankle and Foot Strapping cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$28.84$21.88 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$33.88 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $22 to $912Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $47
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $178professional $29

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
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$29.51

AK $52.48TX $25.70

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.