What fees make up a plastic surgery price?

A quoted surgery price can be a stack of separate charges. A figure that leaves some of them out is not the price you will end up paying.

What a plastic surgery price is made of

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows this with liposuction. Its list of what liposuction costs may include: anesthesia fees, hospital or surgical facility costs, medical tests and x-rays, post-surgery garments, prescriptions for medication, and the surgeon's fee.

That list belongs to one procedure. Treat it as a set of questions to put to any office, not as a template for every operation.

How to read a quote against that list

Compare quotes line by line. Ask each office which of those items its number covers and which it leaves out. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons also publishes a breast augmentation cost page that shows how it presents a different procedure. The NHS overview of cosmetic procedures and the Nemours KidsHealth page on plastic surgery are two more sources to read beside it.

The warning sign that changes the answer

The warning sign is a quote that stops at the day of surgery. Post-surgery garments and prescriptions sit on that list, so part of the cost belongs to recovery. Ask whether those items are in the number.

The question that usually follows

Once the pieces are clear, the next question is who you are paying. That moves you from cost to the stage of choosing a surgeon, and it is where training and credentials start to matter.