Question:
Cost of body lift
About how much does a body lift or belt lipectomy cost?? — Randy W. (posted on August 15, 2004)
August 15, 2004
I'm sure a lot depends on what area you're in and of course on the surgeon.
Mine cost $10,000, inclusive of surgeon's fee, OR, and anesthesia, and
that's in the DC area.
— Suzy C.
August 15, 2004
If you are willing to go to Mexico, There is a good plastic surgeon there
who charges full cost for the first procedure, the 1/2 for any others you
are wanting done. I am going to him first of the year to get Tummy tuck
$3690.00 then a breast lift $1845.00 If you are interested his name is Dr
Gouin in Ensenada Mexico. I had my RNY there and have no problems, and got
great care in the hospital!!! Good luck to you!!!!!
— jennap
August 15, 2004
I had the complete lower body lift done on 06/02/04 in Albany NY, thr Dr
took off 15 1/2lbs off of me. The cost for Dr and surgery center was
11,000.00 that the insurance company paid for.
— tonyskid
August 15, 2004
I had a belt lipectomy in January. I was quoted a cash price in case
insurance didn't cover it for $8,750. I had the procedure, spent 5 nights
in the hospital, had no complications, and look great. My insurance was
billed about $30,000. You do the math on THAT one.
— kultgirl
August 16, 2004
I was just quoted for a body lift. Including anest, or, surheons fee, post
op garments etc $15k. 4 weeks off work required. This is in Baltimore MD
— M B.
August 16, 2004
I had mine done in northern NJ, and it was about $12,000.
— inkychick
August 17, 2004
A lot has to do with how extensive the procedure will be and the anount of
anesthesia time. I had mine done in Feb in Green Bay WI and the list price
total was $43,600. That was with every little thing billed separately by
the hospital.
<p>However, insurance covered the full extended abdominoplasty
portion and I paid for the lateral thigh lift portion. My portion was done
under a cosmetic surgery package price which resulted in me paying the
hospital $3400 and the doctor $2542. The doctor's portion was protrated at
50% because it was a 2nd procedure. Of the $36,000 hospital bill they
determined that about $16,500 related to the lateral thigh portion, so that
was not billed to insurance. So the bottom line is I paid $3400 for
$16,500 of hospital/anesthesia costs. Just goes to show how much mark up
there was. The insurance approved the full $19,500 but paid it at 90%
because that was the contracted agreement amount. So theu were paid about
$17,600.
<p>The interesting part is that if I had been a total self pay the
cost would have been about $20,000 total. Not the $17,600 + $5094
(surgeon) + $7600 I paid for a total of $30,294 that was paid.
<p>I had 10.5 hours of surgery, 3 days in the hospital, 3 blood
transfusions and lots of bloodwork to watch my hemoglobin, so some of my
expensive ran higher than the norm. He removed 19 lbs of skin and did
quite a bit of lipo on the lateral thighs and back etc. I definitely had a
lot of work done but I sure was shocked what the total ended up being.
— zoedogcbr
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