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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

North Carolina 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 6 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 $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$407 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $372 to $9,333Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$371.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45,708.82
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 112.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Minnesota. 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$417

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.