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Multi-Layer Compression Wrap, Lower Leg

Washington 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$57.54 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$91.20 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $56 to $708Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $34 to $251
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $120

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
$33.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$120.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
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
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 3rd of 51

$120

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.