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Moderate Compression Bandage, Elastic

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS A6451

Moderate compression bandage, elastic, knitted/woven, load resistance of 1.25 to 1.34 ft lbs at 50% maximum stretch, width greater than or equal to 3 in and less than 5 in, per yd

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Moderate Compression Bandage, Elastic cost?

$2.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.14 from a physician practice, and about $2.51 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.14$1.23 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.51$2.34 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3,631Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $2

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
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.94
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$7.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$2.40
6 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AW · With surgical dressing
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AW · With surgical dressing
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Rhode Island than in Colorado. 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· 14th of 51

$2.14

RI $4.79CO $1.05

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.