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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Kentucky 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 6 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$204 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,344 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,511Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $174 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$575

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.