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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 15878

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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 3 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 $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$372 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $372 to $14,125Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 117.5 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 41st of 51

$372

CA $5,248MN $44.67

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.