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Procedure price report · Traction, splints, and other wound care

Strapping of the elbow or wrist

CPT 29260the billing code this page is about

Application of tape or elastic strapping to support an elbow or a wrist. Covers one strapping application.

Hospitals typically charge $117 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,749 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $127. Most fall between $59 and $244 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,749
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,749 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$43$67$117$216$368

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($43 vs $368).

How the prices are spread

$34 – $45: 96 hospitals$34$45 – $58: 158 hospitals$58 – $77: 219 hospitals$58$77 – $101: 221 hospitals$101 – $132: 196 hospitals$101$132 – $173: 198 hospitals$173 – $227: 193 hospitals$173$227 – $298: 114 hospitals$298 – $391: 119 hospitals$298$391 – $513: 61 hospitals$391median $117price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,575 of 1,749 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$34$4596
$45$58158
$58$77219
$77$101221
$101$132196
$132$173198
$173$227193
$227$298114
$298$391119
$391$51361

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$60
Median cash price$117
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.94×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $117.

Alaska: median $127 across 12 hospitalsAK$127Maine: median $62 across 17 hospitalsME$62Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $136 across 47 hospitalsWA$136Idaho: median $166 across 12 hospitalsID$166Montana: median $84 across 18 hospitalsMT$84North Dakota: median $156 across 15 hospitalsND$156Minnesota: median $74 across 30 hospitalsMN$74Illinois: median $118 across 63 hospitalsIL$118Wisconsin: median $92 across 46 hospitalsWI$92Michigan: median $76 across 39 hospitalsMI$76New York: median $94 across 85 hospitalsNY$94Massachusetts: median $171 across 28 hospitalsMA$171Oregon: median $53 across 29 hospitalsOR$53Nevada: median $117 across 11 hospitalsNV$117Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $89 across 12 hospitalsSD$89Iowa: median $106 across 43 hospitalsIA$106Indiana: median $96 across 65 hospitalsIN$96Ohio: median $143 across 67 hospitalsOH$143Pennsylvania: median $147 across 77 hospitalsPA$147New Jersey: median $237 across 54 hospitalsNJ$237Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $232 across 117 hospitalsCA$232Utah: median $416 across 27 hospitalsUT$416Colorado: median $107 across 33 hospitalsCO$107Nebraska: median $96 across 47 hospitalsNE$96Missouri: median $88 across 42 hospitalsMO$88Kentucky: median $105 across 34 hospitalsKY$105West Virginia: median $168 across 19 hospitalsWV$168Virginia: median $84 across 48 hospitalsVA$84Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $114 across 15 hospitalsAZ$114New Mexico: median $83 across 12 hospitalsNM$83Kansas: median $81 across 35 hospitalsKS$81Arkansas: median $86 across 12 hospitalsAR$86Tennessee: median $44 across 28 hospitalsTN$44North Carolina: median $129 across 39 hospitalsNC$129South Carolina: median $222 across 26 hospitalsSC$222Oklahoma: median $124 across 49 hospitalsOK$124Louisiana: median $65 across 28 hospitalsLA$65Mississippi: median $78 across 29 hospitalsMS$78Alabama: median $75 across 21 hospitalsAL$75Georgia: median $146 across 54 hospitalsGA$146Hawaii: median $179 across 14 hospitalsHI$179Texas: median $189 across 133 hospitalsTX$189Florida: median $136 across 76 hospitalsFL$136
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $117. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT27$416+255%$326 – $442
New Jersey NJ54$237+102%$66 – $3,986
California CA117$232+98%$114 – $354
South Carolina SC26$222+89%$91 – $230
Texas TX133$189+61%$58 – $225
Hawaii HI14$179+53%$142 – $306
Massachusetts MA28$171+46%$86 – $351
West Virginia WV19$168+44%$57 – $316
Idaho ID12$166+42%$59 – $170
North Dakota ND15$156+33%$70 – $201
Pennsylvania PA77$147+25%$67 – $305
Georgia GA54$146+25%$58 – $262
Ohio OH67$143+22%$70 – $230
Washington WA47$136+16%$77 – $244
Florida FL76$136+16%$78 – $670
North Carolina NC39$129+10%$53 – $158
Alaska AK12$127+8%$112 – $318
Oklahoma OK49$124+6%$48 – $229
Illinois IL63$1180%$63 – $295
Nevada NV11$1170%$64 – $210
Arizona AZ15$114−3%$32 – $173
Colorado CO33$107−8%$57 – $157
Iowa IA43$106−9%$54 – $173
Kentucky KY34$105−10%$66 – $379
Indiana IN65$96−18%$61 – $150
Nebraska NE47$96−18%$59 – $147
New York NY85$94−20%$60 – $223
Wisconsin WI46$92−22%$59 – $110
South Dakota SD12$89−24%$89 – $188
Missouri MO42$88−25%$53 – $220
Arkansas AR12$86−27%$57 – $146
Virginia VA48$84−28%$37 – $342
Montana MT18$84−28%$72 – $186
New Mexico NM12$83−29%$53 – $195
Kansas KS35$81−31%$50 – $297
Mississippi MS29$78−33%$50 – $180
Michigan MI39$76−35%$58 – $111
Alabama AL21$75−36%$41 – $155
Minnesota MN30$74−37%$46 – $81
Louisiana LA28$65−44%$34 – $145
Maine ME17$62−47%$39 – $116
Oregon OR29$53−55%$49 – $171
Tennessee TN28$44−62%$37 – $187
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $117.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,235$129$60 – $258
Children’s44$162$75 – $351
Critical access468$92$53 – $190
Ownership
For-profit179$170$62 – $318
Government338$97$54 – $176
Non-profit1,230$118$59 – $249
System affiliation
Part of a system1,401$124$61 – $254
Independent348$101$52 – $197

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$220
Median cash price$117
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,281 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $135 and the average of the middle 60% is $143; most fall between $64 and $266.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,281 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$48$75$135$225$381

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $381).

Of the 1,374 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,281 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,749 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,886 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,749
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here66
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code1,886

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Traction, splints, and other wound care family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Strapping of Elbow or Wrist.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Strapping of the elbow or wrist (CPT 29260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29260-strapping-of-the-elbow-or-wrist