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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Minnesota 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$44.67$44.67 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$891 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,166Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $45

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
$371.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 51st of 51

$44.67

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.