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Removal of Excess Skin and Fat From the Arm

Florida rates for HCPCS 15836

Cuts away loose, hanging skin and the fat beneath it from the upper arm and closes the wound so the arm contour lies flat. It is generally done after major weight loss or where the drooping fold rubs, breaks down, or becomes repeatedly infected. Only the arm is treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Excess Skin and Fat From the Arm cost?

$6,734

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$708$646 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,455 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $708

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
$933.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Florida· 9th of 49

$6,734

$708 physician + $6,026 facility

IN $10,957MD $1,260

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.