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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 July 2026.

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

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$372$363 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,259 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,571Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $363 to $372
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Alabama sits

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.

Alabama $372 · 41st of 51
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.