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The cost worksheet
Print this page, ask each office to break its quote into the same line items, and write both quotes into the columns. The national average surgeon fees further down leave out anesthesia, the operating room and the other costs on the bill, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says so on every page we link beside a figure.
What a quote should itemize
Ask for the breakdown in writing. An office that gives you one number is not giving you enough to compare.
| Line item | Quote 1 | Quote 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgeon's fee | ||
| Anesthesia fee | ||
| Facility or operating room fee | ||
| Implants or devices | ||
| Compression garments | ||
| Prescriptions | ||
| Follow-up visits included in the price | ||
| Consultation fee, and whether it comes off the price | ||
| Blood work or medical clearance | ||
| Anything else the office adds | ||
| Total, in writing |
The revision policy
A revision policy decides who pays if you need a second operation. Ask these four before you put money down, and write the answers here.
- If I need a revision, who pays for the surgeon's time?
- Who pays for the anesthesia and the facility on a revision?
- Is there a time limit on that policy, and what starts the clock?
- May I have the policy in writing before I put down a deposit?
The national average surgeon fees
Each figure below is the average surgeon fee the American Society of Plastic Surgeons publishes for that procedure, and the source column opens the page it sits on. These are national averages and not quotes. No office will offer you the average, and the surgeon fee is one line of a total that also carries anesthesia, the facility and the rest of the table above. We publish no city-by-city range, because we hold no sourced figure for any city.
Prices move between cities because the facility fee, the anesthesia time and the practice's overhead are all priced locally, and a national average carries none of them. Compare two written quotes from your own city against each other, and use the figures below to see how far a quoted surgeon's fee sits from the national average.
| Procedure | Average surgeon fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Facelift | $11,395 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/facelift/cost |
| Tummy Tuck | $8,174 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/tummy-tuck/cost |
| Neck Lift | $7,885 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/neck-lift/cost |
| Breast Reduction This is the aesthetic-patient figure. Health insurance often covers breast reduction when it treats documented symptoms, so ask your surgeon's practice about coverage first. | $7,800 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/reconstructive-procedures/breast-reduction/costs |
| Rhinoplasty | $7,637 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/rhinoplasty/cost |
| Brazilian Butt Lift ASPS reports this as buttock augmentation with fat grafting. | $7,264 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/buttock-enhancement/cost |
| Breast Lift | $6,816 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-lift/cost |
| Arm Lift | $6,192 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/arm-lift/cost |
| Gynecomastia Surgery | $5,587 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/gynecomastia-surgery/cost |
| Breast Augmentation This is the figure for augmentation with implants. Augmentation with fat grafting averages $5,719. | $4,875 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-augmentation/cost |
| Liposuction | $4,711 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/liposuction/cost |
| Eyelid Surgery This is the figure for upper eyelids. Lower eyelid surgery averages $3,876; many patients combine both. | $3,359 | ASPS https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/eyelid-surgery/cost |
| Mommy Makeover A mommy makeover combines procedures (commonly a tummy tuck, breast surgery, and liposuction), so pricing is the sum of its parts and no single published average exists. | No published national average | |
Our cost guides carry the same figures procedure by procedure, with what each one leaves out.
Before you compare the two totals
- Check that both quotes cover the same operation. One office quoting two procedures and another quoting one is not a price difference.
- Ask what happens to the deposit if you change your mind, and by when.
- Ask which follow-up visits are in the price and which are billed.
- Ask whether the garment, the medication and the post-operative appointments are yours to buy separately.
- Take the credential question into the room with you. The consultation kit holds the register links and the questions to ask.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages. Open them yourself.
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Facelift https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/facelift/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Tummy Tuck https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/tummy-tuck/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Neck Lift https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/neck-lift/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Breast Reduction https://www.plasticsurgery.org/reconstructive-procedures/breast-reduction/costs
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Rhinoplasty https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/rhinoplasty/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Brazilian Butt Lift https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/buttock-enhancement/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Breast Lift https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-lift/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Arm Lift https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/arm-lift/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Gynecomastia Surgery https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/gynecomastia-surgery/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Breast Augmentation https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-augmentation/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Liposuction https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/liposuction/cost
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons, average surgeon fee: Eyelid Surgery https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/eyelid-surgery/cost
When you are ready to talk to a practice, tell us the procedure and your city.