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Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg

Iowa 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 8 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$89.13$42.66 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$87.10 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $45 to $525Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $27 to $204
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $204professional $89

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
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$181.97

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$93.33

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.