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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Iowa 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,467 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,943Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $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
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 24th of 51

$912

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.