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Gradient Compression Stocking, Below Knee, 30-40 mm Hg

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A6531

Gradient compression stocking, below knee, 30-40 mm Hg, used as a surgical dressing, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gradient Compression Stocking, Below Knee, 30-40 mm Hg cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 7 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$41.69$30.90 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$41.69 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $95Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $49
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $42

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Vermont. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$41.69

MN $60.26VT $26.30

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.