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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 October 2026.

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

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $275 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$26.92 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$275 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $100 to $891Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $16 to $138
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $60

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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· 30th of 51

$70.79

AK $145VA $34.67

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.