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Removal of Excess Skin and Fat From the Arm

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$3,780

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,780 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,738$1,349 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,122 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $1,738

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Colorado 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$3,780

$1,738 physician + $2,042 facility

CO $6,647MD $1,916

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.