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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Fat transfer to trunk, breast, arms or legs, up to 50 cc

CPT 15771the billing code this page is about

Fat is removed from the patient by liposuction and injected into the trunk, breasts, scalp, arms or legs; this code covers up to 50 cc of injected fat.

Hospitals typically charge $4,206 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 551 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,221. Most fall between $1,127 and $9,231 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
551
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 551 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$845$1,379$4,206$7,757$16,305

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($845 vs $16,305).

How the prices are spread

$616 – $908: 51 hospitals$616$908 – $1,340: 55 hospitals$1,340 – $1,978: 62 hospitals$1,340$1,978 – $2,918: 43 hospitals$2,918 – $4,306: 41 hospitals$2,918$4,306 – $6,354: 92 hospitals$6,354 – $9,375: 76 hospitals$6,354$9,375 – $13,834: 40 hospitals$13,834 – $20,414: 22 hospitals$13,834$20,414 – $30,122: 15 hospitals$20,414median $4,206price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (497 of 551 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$616$90851
$908$1,34055
$1,340$1,97862
$1,978$2,91843
$2,918$4,30641
$4,306$6,35492
$6,354$9,37576
$9,375$13,83440
$13,834$20,41422
$20,414$30,12215

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$4,206
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,206.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,775 across 20 hospitalsMN$1,775Illinois: median $1,282 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,282Wisconsin: median $2,677 across 39 hospitalsWI$2,677Michigan: median $954 across 33 hospitalsMI$954New York: median $4,332 across 45 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: median $2,197 across 10 hospitalsMA$2,197Oregon: median $1,467 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,467Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,418 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,418Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,420 across 25 hospitalsOH$4,420Pennsylvania: median $4,292 across 26 hospitalsPA$4,292New Jersey: median $4,600 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,600Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,322 across 48 hospitalsCA$7,322Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,179 across 11 hospitalsMO$3,179Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,258 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,258Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,103 across 42 hospitalsTX$5,103Florida: median $10,688 across 15 hospitalsFL$10,688
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,206. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL15$10,688+154%$1,925 – $16,822
California CA48$7,322+74%$6,517 – $11,301
Texas TX42$5,103+21%$5,103 – $7,757
New Jersey NJ33$4,600+9%$4,001 – $6,311
Ohio OH25$4,420+5%$1,560 – $24,954
New York NY45$4,332+3%$2,116 – $9,188
Pennsylvania PA26$4,292+2%$332 – $7,489
Missouri MO11$3,179−24%$923 – $23,409
Wisconsin WI39$2,677−36%$1,017 – $5,420
Massachusetts MA10$2,197−48%$1,950 – $7,134
Minnesota MN20$1,775−58%$1,213 – $2,702
Oregon OR11$1,467−65%$1,127 – $1,467
Iowa IA17$1,418−66%$1,418 – $4,918
Illinois IL17$1,282−70%$890 – $6,851
Oklahoma OK13$1,258−70%$1,258 – $5,703
Michigan MI33$954−77%$659 – $16,305
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,206.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care473$4,332$1,258 – $10,529
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access62$1,775$890 – $4,798
Ownership
For-profit57$5,103$890 – $13,272
Government59$3,377$1,213 – $7,334
Non-profit434$4,311$1,127 – $9,188
System affiliation
Part of a system465$4,332$1,213 – $9,325
Independent86$1,997$937 – $8,170

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,147
Median cash price$4,206
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

283 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,441 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,086; most fall between $927 and $7,322.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 283 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$783$1,017$2,441$6,517$10,634

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($783 vs $10,634).

Of the 311 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 283 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

551 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 595 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted551
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code595

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Grafting of Autologous Fat by Lipo 50 Cc or Less.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Fat transfer to trunk, breast, arms or legs, up to 50 cc (CPT 15771) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15771-fat-transfer-to-trunk-breast-arms-or-legs-up-to-50-cc