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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

California 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$245 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,698 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,471Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $427
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $282

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
$2,137.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,454.71
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$7,079.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where California 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.

California· 29th of 51

$1,047

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.