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Tummy Tuck Added To Excess Skin Removal

Delaware rates for HCPCS 15847

Tightening of the abdominal wall by removing loose skin and fat and reshaping the contour, commonly known as a tummy tuck. It is carried out during the same operation as removal of a hanging apron of excess lower abdominal skin, and is billed in addition to it. It is most often done after major weight loss or pregnancy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tummy Tuck Added To Excess Skin Removal cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 4 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$427$427 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$4,467 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,012Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $427 to $501
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $427

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Hawaii than in Minnesota. 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.

Delaware· 50th of 51

$427

HI $3,715MN $372

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.