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Transfer of the Patient's Own Soft Tissue

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 15769

A piece of the patient's own soft tissue, such as fat, the deeper layer of the skin, or the tough fibrous sheet that wraps muscle, is taken from one part of the body and placed in another to fill a hollow or add padding and support. The tissue is removed through a direct cut rather than drawn out through a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transfer of the Patient's Own Soft Tissue cost?

$4,575

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$457 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$759 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,550Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,148
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,074professional $501

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
$467.74
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $4,575 · 26th of 50
IN $10,669MD $776

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.