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Before you undergo liposuction, it's important to know just how liposuction prices are determined. This will help you to know up front what your liposuction costs will be. The following are a few important factors that go into calculating prices.
How Long the Procedure Takes Can Affect Liposuction Costs
The required time and effort to perform a particular liposuction procedure on a patient is one of the most common factors that affect liposuction prices. Although surgeons do their best to quote accurate fees based on the average time it takes to perform each procedure, if the surgeon runs into an unexpected problem during the procedure, this can affect the overall cost of liposuction. Knowing what procedure you want to undergo and whether or not you have more or less fat in the area of treatment than the average patient can help make your estimates of liposuction prices more accurate.
A surgeon's time and effort can also be affected by the following:
Patient's overall body habitus (size)
Number of areas of the body being treated
Location of treatment and level of difficulty treating that area.
If you elect to have more than one body part treated in the same sitting, you can expect the liposuction costs to run higher than if you were having only one body part treated. The same is true if you have large amounts of fat in the areas of treatment or had previous liposuction in the same area. Both can increase the amount of time and effort involved to perform the procedure. On the other hand, if you are slender and have only a small amount of fat to remove, your liposuction costs could be lower than the average.
Additional Factors Affecting Liposuction Prices
Additional factors that can increase or decrease the cost of liposuction include where the surgeon is located, as well as the surgeon's experience, level of expertise, and reputation.
Some areas of the world are more expensive to live in than others. If you live in one of these higher cost of living areas, the liposuction prices may run a lot higher as well. Surgeons in these areas may charge higher fees to help compensate for higher labor costs, leases, and living expenses. If they have a lot of experience with rave reviews, they may also be able to charge a much higher fee than surgeons with less experience.
A surgeon who is just starting out will often charge less than a surgeon with years of experience. The same is true of surgeons who have a lot of unhappy patients. They will often offer discounts and low fees in an attempt to lure in new patients.
Liposuction Costs Based on Flat Fees
Flat-fee pricing is very common among cosmetic surgeons. This form of cost estimates makes quoting and understanding the fees a lot easier for surgeons and patients. Most of the time the flat fee will include each and every cost associated with the liposuction procedure, including non-surgical costs. Surgeons who perform liposuction in their office or in their own outpatient surgery facility will often use flat-fee pricing.
If you call your surgeon's office to inquire about liposuction prices, be sure to ask if the fee you are quoted includes non-surgical fees, as well. Sometimes the office staff does not know all of the costs associated with the procedure and will quote just the surgeon's fee. So be sure to ask if the fee includes everything, including costs associated with having pre-operative lab work, operating room, nursing staff, and anesthesia if needed.
