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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

New Jersey 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?

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$6,026 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $11,749Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $219 to $8,511
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 5th of 51

$4,169

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.