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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

New Jersey 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$4,898 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $10,965Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $219 to $8,511
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $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
$2,089.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 7th of 51

$2,570

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.