Breast Reduction Costs

Knowing about breast reduction costs is one of the first steps in choosing your breast reduction procedure. The average breast reduction costs include 3 factors. The first fee is the anesthesia fee, the second fee is the facility fee and the third fee is the surgeon's fee. The surgeon's fee is the most difficult to actually predict, because you first need to know the extent of the procedure needed for your individual needs, as well as the individual qualifications of the plastic surgeon that you decide to work with.

Average Breast Reduction Costs

The average breast reduction cost will vary between approximately $5,000 and $7,000. The Anesthesia fee generally ranges from $1,000 to $1,500. The facility fee or hospital fee will generally run between $500 and $2,000. The remaining costs associated with your breast reduction surgery are the surgeon's individual fees. If more than one procedure is completed at the same time, the total cost will definitely be more, but still much less than if you were to get each procedure done separately.

Breast Reduction Procedure

As with most plastic surgery procedures in general, the cost associated with breast reduction surgeries will vary significantly based on the extent of the actual procedure that is being completed. If your breasts are oversized and require additional work to reshape, reposition or remove excess tissues, then the procedure is certainly going to be more costly. Each and every breast reduction surgery is unique, so you cannot simply ask how much it will cost without undergoing an examination and developing a surgical plan.

Surgeon Cost

The skills of your surgeon will play a part in his or her medical costs for your breast reduction surgery, so keep this in mind when choosing the plastic surgeon that will help you with your surgical needs. It is important that you choose a plastic surgeon that is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery that has extensive experience in all forms of breast surgery. Board certification requires specific surgical education and rigorous training that improves the odds of having a successful surgical outcome. The type of certification that your chosen surgeon has is also quite important because there are more than 150 self designated boards, but only a handful are actually designated by the ABMS, the American Board of Medical Specialties.

There is no cookie cutter answer to the costs associated with breast reduction surgery. Getting an answer will mean speaking directly with a plastic surgeon, experiencing an examination and forming a surgical plan.