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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

South 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 October 2026.

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

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$372 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,175 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,965Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $30 to $3,020
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $372

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
$371.54
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
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 South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$1,778

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.