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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

California 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?

$5,248

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 8 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 $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,074 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $13,804Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,498.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45,708.82
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where California 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.

California· 1st of 51

$5,248

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.