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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Colorado 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 5 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$1,072$372 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,548 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,072

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$954.99

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$3,236

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.