CPT code 29540: Ankle/foot strapping, supportive tape application2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in El Centro, CA

In El Centro, CA, Medicare pays $29.19 for 29540 in the office and $15.28 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 29540 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 29540 covers

This service involves applying tape or similar strapping to support an ankle or foot, limit movement, or help manage a condition such as an ankle sprain or instability. Physicians, podiatrists, and other clinicians who provide musculoskeletal care may apply it in an office or outpatient setting. The application is distinct from immobilizing the lower leg with a splint and from strapping focused on the toes.

Select the code for the ankle or foot site treated and document the clinical reason, laterality, and application performed. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When both sides are treated in the same session, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. If multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 50%. CMS does not pay for an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How El Centro, CA compares for 29540

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 29540 runs from $25.55 in Arkansas to $35.34 in San Benito County, CA. El Centro, CA pays $29.19. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

29540 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

See 29540 in every payment locality

How the 29540 rate is calculated

Each of 29540’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 29540

The CMS indicators that decide how 29540 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 29540

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 29540 has changed in El Centro, CA

Price 29540 for an earlier date of service

Where the El Centro, CA rate applies

El Centro, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 18 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• El Centro
• Bombay Beach
• Brawley
• Calexico
• Calipatria
• Desert Shores
• El Centro Naval Air Facility
• Heber

Browse all communities in California

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

Open CMS sourceHow we calculate rates