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Liposuction, Suction-Assisted Fat Removal

Virginia 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 7 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$324 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $372 to $8,913Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $204 to $4,074
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$407

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.