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Removal of Excess Skin and Fat From the Arm

West Virginia 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?

$2,043

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$759 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$661 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,388Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 48th of 51

$2,043

$813 physician + $1,230 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.