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Small-Volume Filler Injection Under the Skin

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 11950

Injects a filling material just beneath the skin to smooth a depression, scar, or contour dip, or to restore lost volume. It covers the smallest amount of material, roughly a cubic centimeter or less in a session. The effect softens over time as the material is absorbed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Small-Volume Filler Injection Under the Skin cost?

$72.44

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $115.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $85 to $4,074Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $49 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $69

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
5 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
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.51

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Washington, DC· 42nd of 51

$72.44

AK $209NY $61.66

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.