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Light Compression Bandage, Width 5 in or More

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A6450

Light compression bandage, elastic, knitted/woven, width greater than or equal to 5 in, per yd

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light Compression Bandage, Width 5 in or More cost?

$1.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.58 from a physician practice, and about $1.74 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$1.58$1.48 to $2.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.74$1.74 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4
$0.2$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $2

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
$1.58
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$4.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.21
Median
$0.21
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.66

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Vermont than in West 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.

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$1.62

VT $4.47WV $1.51

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.