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Fat Transfer From One Body Area to Another

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 15771

Takes a patient's own fat out through a liposuction cannula, prepares it, and injects it back into another area to restore volume, smooth a dent or improve contour. Because the tissue comes from the same person, it is not rejected, though some of the transferred fat is reabsorbed and touch-up sessions are sometimes needed. How much is injected and which area is treated determine which version of the service applies, and larger volumes are billed in addition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fat Transfer From One Body Area to Another cost?

$3,403

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,403 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$646 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,318 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,457Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $891

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
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Wisconsin than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$3,403

$891 physician + $2,512 facility

WI $7,172WV $1,205

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.