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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Florida 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 7 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$5,248$2,344 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $11,482Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 22nd of 51

$1,072

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.