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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15876

Removing fat from beneath the skin using suction. The surgeon makes one or more small openings, passes a thin hollow tube back and forth through the fat layer, and draws the fat out to reshape the contour of the treated area. It reshapes a specific area rather than reducing overall body weight.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 60 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$372$372 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,884 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,589Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,288
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $5,012professional $372

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
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 112.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

WI $5,754MN $51.29

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.