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Dermabrasion Of An Area Other Than The Face

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 15782

Sands away the outer layers of skin across a defined area of the body other than the face, using a rotating abrasive tool, so that smoother skin grows back in its place. It is used to soften scarring or an uneven skin surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dermabrasion Of An Area Other Than The Face cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 5 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$501$427 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$891 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,467Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $363 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $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
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$575

CA $2,188KY $417

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.