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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Alabama 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 October 2026.

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

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$363 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$2,138 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $589

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 64.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$933

WI $5,129MT $79.43

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.