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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Iowa 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 7 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 $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,548 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,772Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $891
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,129professional $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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $741 · 19th 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.