$29.69–$32.25
Choose 29520 for strapping at the hip and 29530 when the treated site is the knee.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
29520 Strapping Medicare reimbursement rates in Massachusetts
Reports tape-based support applied to the hip region, such as to stabilize or limit motion of symptomatic soft tissues after a hip injury. Compare 29520 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Massachusetts.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 29520 in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$36.02–$39.43
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$15.62–$16.30
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Strapping
About 29520: Hip strapping application
Reports tape-based support applied to the hip region, such as to stabilize or limit motion of symptomatic soft tissues after a hip injury.
Code 29520 represents tape-based external support applied around the hip region to stabilize or limit motion of symptomatic soft tissues, such as with a hip sprain or related injury. A physician or other qualified clinician may perform the application in an office or other treatment setting. The service is strapping of the hip region, not application of a splint or a multilayer compression system.
Report this code when the hip is the site being strapped, rather than choosing a code for an adjacent knee, ankle, or foot. Documentation should identify the treated side, the indication, and the strapping performed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. For bilateral treatment, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 29520
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.38 · 37%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.65 · 63%
- Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%
18.8K
Medicare services in 2024 · #1169 by national volume
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.
29520 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Massachusetts, from the same CMS release.
Compare 29520 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Metropolitan Boston →
Office / nonfacility
$39.43
Facility
$16.30
Rest Of Massachusetts →
Office / nonfacility
$36.02
Facility
$15.62
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29520 billing questions
When should 29520 be chosen instead of a knee or ankle strapping code?
Use 29520 when the hip region is strapped. Choose a knee, ankle, or foot strapping code when that adjacent site is the area treated.
What documentation supports reporting 29520?
Document the hip-region site and side, the clinical indication, and the strapping actually applied. The record should make clear that the service was not a splint application.
How is bilateral hip strapping reported?
Use modifier 50 for bilateral treatment. CMS payment for the bilateral procedure is 150%.
Is same-day care separately payable with 29520?
The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be paid for this service?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. CMS does not permit co-surgeons or team surgery for this code.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
3,29629450,,Application clubfoot cast,A,,2.03,2.12,,0.75,,0.21,4.36,2.99,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,29729505,,Application long leg splint,A,,0.67,2.48,,0.84,,0.13,3.28,1.64,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,29829515,,Application short leg splint,A,,0.71,1.64,,0.66,,0.12,2.47,1.49,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,29929520,,Strapping of hip,A,,0.38,0.65,,0.07,,0.01,1.04,0.46,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,30029530,,Strapping of knee,A,,0.38,0.47,,0.07,,0.01,0.86,0.46,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,30129540,,Strapping ankle &/foot,A,,0.38,0.43,,0.05,,0.03,0.84,0.46,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,30229550,,Strapping of toes,A,,0.24,0.32,,0.03,,0.02,0.58,0.29,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00