Part of the preparation process for plastic surgery includes decisions on how to go about paying for your cosmetic surgery procedure. It is a policy to give patients a general range of the costs involved with their plastic surgery procedure. In general, the costs of plastic surgery include the plastic surgeon’s fee, anesthesia fees, plastic surgery facility fees, and surgical assist fees, implant fees, garment fees, equipment fees and other medical supply fees depending on the procedure. Out of courtesy to patients and for their convenience, most hospitals provide postoperative plastic surgery garments and brassieres which are included in their fee.
Clearly, costs of plastic surgery are a major issue for most cosmetic surgery patients. Costs, however, should not be the sole reason for choosing your plastic surgeon. I recommend that you consider costs last and choose your Board Certified plastic surgeon based on qualifications, experience and whether or not you would be willing to put your life in his or her hands (Plastic Surgeon). Remember, you are asking somebody to make permanent changes to your body. Avoid plastic surgeons offering bargain prices. This usually means that they have cut corners to achieve a lower price (usually at the expense of patient safety) or that they are not busy or less qualified to do surgery.
Plastic surgery outpatient centers have a standard schedule of fees for each plastic surgery procedure. Plastic surgery fees at outpatient centers are usually much lower than hospital-based fees. Most plastic surgery outpatient centers offer excellent plastic surgery services for the price. These charges are separate and apart from the plastic surgeon’s fees and are always billed separately from the physician’s services.
A proper laboratory and medical workup for all our plastic surgery patients is a requirement. Most cosmetic surgery patients will undergo basic tests, such as a complete blood count and chemistry panel. Other plastic surgery patients will require a baseline electrocardiogram, chest radiographs or mammograms. Female plastic surgery patients are required to have a pregnancy test if they are capable of becoming pregnant anytime before plastic surgery. The fees for most laboratory examinations are reasonable and are billed separately from the plastic surgeon’s fee.
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