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Light Compression Bandage, Width Under 3 in

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A6448

Light compression bandage, elastic, knitted/woven, width less than 3 in, per yd

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light Compression Bandage, Width Under 3 in cost?

$1.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.00 from a physician practice, and about $1.12 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 6 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$1.00$0.78 to $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.12$1.12 to $2.34

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$0.5$1$2$5facility $1professional $1

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
$1.02
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Rhode Island. 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$1.02

MN $1.62RI $0.81

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.