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Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29581

The application of a specialized multi-layer bandage system wrapped around the lower leg, foot, and ankle to apply graduated compression. It's commonly used to help manage swelling, poor circulation, or slow-healing wounds related to conditions like venous insufficiency or lymphedema. The layered wrap is applied by a trained clinician and typically needs to be reapplied periodically.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg cost?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 5 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$67.61$28.84 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$155 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,000Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $25 to $138
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $68

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
$44.67
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$72.44

WI $117KY $56.23

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.