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High Compression Bandage, Elastic

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A6452

High compression bandage, elastic, knitted/woven, load resistance greater than or equal to 1.35 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 High Compression Bandage, Elastic cost?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.27$4.07 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.91 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20facility $12professional $4

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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.01
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
A1 · Dressing, 1 wound
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Utah. 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· 32nd of 51

$4.37

HI $9.12UT $3.47

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.