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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Louisiana 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 4 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 $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,122 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,571Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $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
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$1,479

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.