Ready-made gradient compression gauntlet

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC Grad Compression Gauntlet

Payers reporting HCPCS S8428

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$93

Median

$66

High

$290

Payer rate distribution

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1	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	35	$95	$123	$77	63%	—	$60 – $308
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	22	$5	$23	$31	136%	—	$4 – $98
3	Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	18	$44	$73	$56	77%	—	$26 – $290
4	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms	18	$11	$16	$11	70%	—	$7 – $40
5	MultiPlan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +6 other terms	17	$231	$208	$47	23%	—	$92 – $245
6	Phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	17	$177	$173	$38	22%	—	$92 – $223
7	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	17	$10	$24	$26	105%	—	$10 – $87
8	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	15	$10	$11	$3	23%	—	$7 – $17
9	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	15	$10	$11	$3	23%	—	$7 – $17
10	Kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	15	$201	$191	$28	15%	—	$141 – $231
11	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	13	$59	$59	$1	2%	—	$59 – $65
12	Beechstreet percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	11	$218	$224	$16	7%	—	$190 – $253
13	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient · +3 other terms	11	$10	$10	$2	22%	—	$9 – $15
14	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	10	$138	$138	—	—	—	$138 – $138
15	Medica facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	9	$180	$182	$59	32%	—	$121 – $244
16	Sanford Health Plan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	9	$104	$104	$34	32%	—	$70 – $138
17	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	8	$60	$60	$1	1%	—	$60 – $61
18	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms	7	$4	$4	—	—	—	$4 – $4
19	Humana fee schedule · inpatient · +4 other terms	5	$4	$4	—	—	—	$4 – $4
20	Bcbs Ks fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	3	$204	$212	$13	6%	—	$203 – $230
21	First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +5 other terms	3	$4	$4	—	—	—	$4 – $4
22	Excellus fee schedule · outpatient	2	$83	$83	$11	14%	—	$51 – $87
23	Medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	2	$84	$84	—	—	—	$84 – $84
24	Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both	1	$65	$65	—	—	—	$65 – $65
25	Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0

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