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Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg

North Carolina 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 7 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$87.10$34.67 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$45.71 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $27 to $355Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $27 to $186
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $123professional $87

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
$28.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$87.10

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.