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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Ohio 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 8 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$339$224 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$2,291 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,965Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $4,266
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $339

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
$1,479.11
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 23rd of 51

$1,000

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.