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Toe Strapping

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 29550

This service applies supportive tape to one or more toes, often used after a minor injury such as a sprain or a small fracture to stabilize it during healing. It is a simple, non-surgical way to limit movement and provide support.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Toe Strapping cost?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 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 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$26.30$17.78 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$18.62 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $12 to $479Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $62
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $38professional $26

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
$54.95
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$45.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$26.30

AK $40.74RI $17.78

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.