What’s the price of a breast lift and a tummy tuck?

the urge to know the price of A plastic surgery procedure

We understand that strategies and planing when it comes to spending money is a vital part of our daily life , and medical procedures including plastic surgery is not an exception.

Having a financial plan is important , how are you going to pay it? Is there any “extra” charges after the procedure for the after care or recovery time? Even if money is not a problem, knowing all the parts is important in order to prioritized your spendings.

Doing some online reading we stumble into this article

Is Paying For Medical Care Like Buying A Used Car?
https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2013/03/11/is-paying-for-medical-care-like-buying-a-used-car/

Searching for a used car even with the sticker price you can go bargain shopping performing that psychology dance, negotiating with a salesman.

We all agree that we need more transparency when it comes to hospital and medical services billing, nevertheless if we put everything in a balance, is more dangerous to go price shopping for a procedure, putting the price tag on top of safety and outcomes when it comes to your results or even your own life.

Comparing Cars to humans beens is not even ridiculous is dangerous , the you go shopping for a car , most of the times you know what you need and what are looking for in a car, and if you are not a car savvy you do a research not just on the aesthetic parts of the cars but in it practicality, functionality and safety.
In our field Plastic Surgery this can not be applied 100% due to the fact that most of the patients do not know what are they looking for , the have an idea what their goal is but this is different on how to achieve it, and there is where plastic surgeons comes in.
To examen you , evaluate you and give you the best options available.

Why the best plastic surgeons do not have fixed prices like the sticker car price?

Best and conscious plastic surgeons do not perform the same procedure on every patient , everybody type is different , so even a breast augmentation is different on each patient so different techniques may be necessary , if you go to a tailor you might want your pants or dress to be custom made for you, so the same principle applies to plastic surgery aesthetic or reconstructive.

From a business and marketing perspective is way more efficient to have a fixed price but this would not be fair to patients who need lees surgical time than others.

And this is real transparency that at the end our patients know what they are charge for, not those bundle packages that miss lead patients like a 1 dollar store.

In medicine there are multiple variables and factors that need to be taken into account
So is not the same as buying a car.

When your surgeon ask you to get an appointment before giving you a price or any opinion, trust him. He want to have the best assessment for your problem first.