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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Tennessee 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 5 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$2,512$1,585 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,754Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
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 Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 10th of 51

$2,291

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.