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High Compression Bandage, Elastic

Minnesota 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$8.32$6.17 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$8.32 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $34Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $8

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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.92
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$8.32

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.