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Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg

South 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$66.07$28.18 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$91.20 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $32 to $457Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $24 to $135
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $195professional $66

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
$31.62
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$75.86

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.