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Light Compression Bandage, Width Under 3 in

Massachusetts 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?

$1.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.41 from a physician practice, and about $1.51 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$1.41$0.85 to $1.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.51$0.71 to $4.37

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $83Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2professional $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
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$4.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$3.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.51

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$1.41

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.