Methodology

Every cost figure on this site is built from published, citable sources — never invented, never a single practice's marketing number presented as a national average. This page documents how each vertical's calculator is calibrated and where the underlying data comes from.

Breast Augmentation

Data last verified August 2026.

The calculator's implant-type ranges are built from a base non-implant cost (surgeon fee, anesthesia, facility) plus an implant-material add-on, calibrated against the sources below. The ASPS surgeon-fee-only average ($4,875) is presented separately from all-in total figures — the two are frequently and incorrectly conflated across the competitive set, and we deliberately avoid that.

• ASPS (plasticsurgery.org) — cost of breast augmentation: $4,875 surgeon-fee-only average; $5,719 fat grafting average
• CareCredit / ASQ360° Market Research 2026 Synchrony study: $6,721 national average, range $4,667–$11,186; 51-state breakdown table
• RealSelf patient-reported data (via Neaman Plastic Surgery, NuBody Concepts): $7,455–$7,600 total-procedure average
• Dr. Robert Troell — drtroell.com (2026 update, 7 numbered references incl. ASPS, FDA, CMS): Component table: surgeon fee $4,000–$8,000; anesthesia $600–$2,000; facility $1,500–$3,500; implant materials $1,000–$3,000/pair
• NuBody Concepts (published Apr 2026): National range $5,100–$12,500; saline-vs-silicone differential $1,000–$1,500; fat transfer add-on ~$3,000
• Neaman Plastic Surgery (practice pricing menu, cross-checked): Aug+fat transfer $14,000–$17,000; aug+lift $12,000–$15,000 vs. aug alone $9,000–$10,000 (~$3,000–$5,000 lift differential)
• Dr. Glenn Lyle — drglennlyle.com (Raleigh, NC): $6,000–$10,000 total; surgeon's fee $3,500–$6,000, implant $1,000–$2,500, anesthesia $800–$1,500, facility $1,000–$3,000
• Specialists in Plastic Surgery — medically reviewed by Dr. Sanjay Daluvoy, UNC Rex (Raleigh, NC): $6,000–$12,000 total; saline $6,000–$8,500, silicone $8,000–$12,000
• Healthcare Blue Book by-city data (via Neaman Plastic Surgery): Cleveland $5,853, Dallas $5,883, Chicago $6,139, LA $6,803, NYC $7,301
• CareCredit/ASQ360° 2026 state table — live re-check, Aug 2026 (GA/IL/WA/AZ rows): Georgia $6,405; Illinois $6,652; Washington $7,495; Arizona $6,548
• PSI Atlanta (Dr. Paul McCluskey) / Buckhead Plastic Surgery — Atlanta, GA: $8,000–$15,000 (PSI, all-in) vs. $5,000–$8,000 (Buckhead) — divergent quotes, not cross-verified to a single figure
• Dr. Otto Placik (bodysculptor.com) / AestheticMatch — Chicago, IL: $6,995–$10,995 (Placik) cross-checked against $6,600–$9,900 (AestheticMatch)
• Seattle Plastic Surgery / Allure Esthetic — Seattle, WA: $4,995–$8,495 starting prices (Seattle Plastic Surgery) vs. $9,000–$12,600 average (Allure Esthetic) — not independently reconciled
• AZB / Guerra Plastic Surgery Center — Phoenix, AZ: $6,300–$8,600, cross-checked against an independent ~$8,600 patient-reported average ($6,500–$12,000 range)

A live re-verification pass (Aug 2026) re-checked the three national figures directly against their sources: the ASPS $4,875 surgeon-fee figure and the CareCredit $6,721 all-in average both matched their live pages exactly. RealSelf's patient-reported average has moved since our original check — the site's own page now shows $7,873 (2,280 reviews) versus the $7,455–$7,600 previously cited via secondary sources; because RealSelf blocks direct automated verification, we display the figure as a $7,455–$7,873 range rather than asserting one number until a full-page confirmation is possible.

Two figures on this vertical carry explicitly lower confidence and are labeled as such wherever they appear: revision-surgery cost ($2,000–$4,000, a single-practice estimate with no independent cross-check found) and Mexico/Turkey medical-tourism pricing (no figure published at all — see the medical tourism page for why).

Nine state pages are live. The first five (Texas, Florida, California, New York, North Carolina) were built from the states with the highest search volume in this vertical's own keyword data, cross-checked against the CareCredit 51-state table and Dr. Robert Troell's state/city tables where available; North Carolina uses two independent Raleigh-area practice sources instead, since no statewide average was found. Four more (Georgia, Illinois, Washington, Arizona) were added in a follow-up metro-expansion pass, each cross-checked against at least one independent city-level source beyond the CareCredit state table — Illinois and Arizona converged well (medium-high confidence); Georgia and Washington had practice-level sources that disagreed with each other more than we'd like, so those two pages show a wider range and an explicit lower-confidence label rather than a falsely precise number.

BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift)

Data last verified August 2026.

Procedure ranges are calibrated per-variant (standard fat-transfer BBL, skinny BBL, butt implants, lipo 360 alone, lipo 360 + BBL combined) rather than as a single blended number, since these are structurally different procedures with different risk and cost profiles. The component breakdown (surgeon's fee, facility, anesthesia, pre/post-op care) uses the only percentage split found across the competitive research set (Georgia Plastic Surgery, medically reviewed).

One combination is deliberately not priced: tummy tuck + BBL combined has weak source support for a single combined figure, so the calculator shows "get a custom quote" instead of fabricating a number. Safety data (mortality risk, mandated injection protocol) is sourced separately and published in full on the BBL safety page — not summarized here.

• ASPS (plasticsurgery.org) — buttock enhancement cost: $7,264 avg surgeon fee (fat grafting); $7,964 avg (implants); $7,062 avg (buttock lift) — all surgeon-fee-only
• CareCredit — BBL Surgery Cost and Procedure Guide: $8,686 national average, range $6,672–$16,847; full 50-state average-cost table
• GoodRx — BBL cost overview: $6,000–$18,000+ national range
• WebMD (medically reviewed by Jabeen Begum, MD): Surgeon fee $7,000–$11,500; total range $2,900–$20,000; safety stat: 1 death in more than 23,000 surgeries (older baseline)
• Georgia Plastic Surgery (medically reviewed by Dr. Stanley Okoro): Only source in the competitive set with a real cost-component percentage breakdown: surgeon's fee 40–50%, facility 20–25%, anesthesia 15–20%, pre/post-op care 10–15%
• 2017 ASERF Gluteal Fat Grafting Task Force + 2022 ASPS/ASAPS/ISAPS Practice Advisory: Historical mortality ~1-in-3,000 (32 deaths, fat emboli); current mandated protocol (subcutaneous-only injection, intraoperative ultrasound, max 3/surgeon/day)
• Pazmiño & Garcia 2023 study (South Florida BBL deaths): 92% of deaths occurred at high-volume budget clinics
• Live re-check, Aug 2026 — ASPS/CareCredit/GoodRx/WebMD: All 4 national figures reconfirmed unchanged, including WebMD's current "1 death in more than 23,000 surgeries (2022 World Association of Gluteal Surgeons survey)" wording
• drkmiamiplasticsurgery.com (Miami): Miami $3,000–$13,000, avg $6,525; LA $10,000–$20,000; NYC avg $9,453, range $8,000–$25,000
• De La Cruz Plastic Surgery (Houston) / AestheticMatch: Houston $8,000–$20,000 typical ($20,000–$35,000+ HD); AestheticMatch $9,900–$14,900
• Dr. Liland (Dallas) / AestheticMatch Dallas: $9,487 nat'l / $9,821 TX avg (RealSelf-sourced); Dallas-specific range ~$7,000–$13,500
• Georgia Plastic Surgery (Atlanta, medically reviewed) / AestheticMatch Atlanta: $10,000–$12,000 starting, $12,900–$18,000 all-inclusive avg; AestheticMatch $10,800 avg, up to $18,000
• SoCal Plastic Surgeons (CA metros): $8,000–$13,500 (2025) for LA/San Diego-area metros
• Dr. Newman Beverly Hills / Hughes Plastic Surgery (Beverly Hills): $8,000–$18,000 all-in (most patients $10,000–$14,000); Hughes $16,500–$20,000
• Dr. Ronald Espinoza (NYC): $10,000–$20,000
• Chicago Breast & Body Aesthetics (Chicago): All-inclusive starting $10,995 (standard), $12,995 (skinny/"Country Club" BBL)
• Bookimed / Belladerma (San Diego): Bookimed avg $15,000 ($10,000–$20,000); Belladerma starting $9,000
• AestheticMatch San Francisco / Dr. Miguel Delgado: $10,000–$15,000 typical; surgeon-fee-alone starting ~$8,000
• PlacidWay and other medical-tourism aggregators (Mexico): $3,500–$8,000, 50–80% cheaper than US pricing

Mommy Makeover

Data last verified August 2026.

Unlike the other verticals, mommy makeover is priced as a sum of independently sourced components (tummy tuck, breast augmentation, breast lift, liposuction, breast reduction), not a single national average — because it isn't one procedure. ASPS's own mommy-makeover page doesn't publish a dollar figure — it states only that cost "will vary." A widely-circulated "$20,000 ASPS average" isn't actually an ASPS number.

One combination is deliberately not priced as a single figure: breast lift + augmentation together. ASPS does not publish this as its own line item, and practice-blog estimates for it varied by roughly 3x with no verifiable primary data behind any single number — including a "$6,225 ASPS" figure circulating online that does not appear anywhere in ASPS's actual published tables. Instead, the calculator sums the lift and augmentation components' own separately-sourced ranges.

No combined-procedure anesthesia-savings number is published. Combining procedures into one surgery genuinely reduces total facility/anesthesia charges versus separate surgeries, but no credible aggregate source quantifies this by how much — so the calculator states this effect narratively rather than attaching an invented percentage or dollar figure to it.

Nine city/state markets are live (Dallas, Phoenix, Tampa, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Chicago, Seattle, New Jersey), each verified against 3 or more independent sources before publishing — the same bar applied to every other vertical's regional data. Phoenix and Houston show genuinely wide ranges reflecting real market dispersion found across sources, not a data-quality gap.

• ASPS (plasticsurgery.org) — Mommy Makeover cost page, fetched live Aug 2026: Publishes no dollar figure at all — states cost "will vary"; confirms no fixed ASPS mommy-makeover average exists
• ASPS 2023 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report (cosmetic-procedures-average-cost-2023.pdf, p.29): Surgeon-fee-only averages: breast aug (implants) $4,875; breast aug (fat graft) $5,719; breast lift $6,816; breast reduction $7,800; liposuction $4,711; tummy tuck $8,174
• ASPS 2024 Procedural Statistics Release (plastic-surgery-statistics-report-2024.pdf, p.28): Projected surgeon-fee ranges: breast aug (implants) $4,575–$8,000; breast aug (fat graft) $5,500–$9,500; breast lift $6,500–$11,000; breast reduction $7,000–$12,500; liposuction $4,300–$7,500; tummy tuck $8,000–$13,500
• CareCredit — Tummy Tuck Cost and Financing: National avg $8,205; mini tummy tuck avg $6,247 ($5,037–$11,873); extended tummy tuck avg $12,488 ($9,600–$24,000)
• CareCredit — Breast Augmentation Cost and Financing (two pages, internally inconsistent): Page 1: avg $6,721 ($4,667–$11,186); Page 2: avg $7,149 ($5,100–$18,465) — flagged, not resolved
• CareCredit — Breast Lift Cost and Financing: National avg $7,792 ($5,189–$13,513); by technique: Donut $5,921, Crescent $6,119, Lollipop $5,894, Anchor/Full $7,916
• CareCredit — Breast Fat Transfer Cost and Financing: National avg $8,598 ($5,977–$14,618)
• Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, Vol. 8, 2026 (DOI 10.1093/asjof/ojag125) — Geographic and Socioeconomic Variation in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Pricing: Highest-cost states: NY $13,182, MA $12,006, OR $11,512; lowest: NM $6,792, KS $7,565, GA $8,124 (national mean liposuction $6,234, breast aug $7,480, abdominoplasty $11,032) — AI-summarized, recommend a follow-up direct read before quoting precise figures
• Dr. Liland (Dallas) / JK Plastic Surgery / AestheticMatch Dallas / Dr. Sukkar (Dallas): $10,000–$20,000+ range across 4 sources
• Dr. Finkel / AZ Breasts / Regency Specialties / Natural Results AZ (Phoenix): $9,000–$40,300 across 4 sources, genuine wide dispersion
• Castellano Cosmetic Surgery / Ambay Plastic Surgery / Sarasota Surgical Arts (Tampa): $10,000–$30,000+ across 3 sources
• Georgia Plastic Surgery / Buckhead Plastic Surgery / AestheticMatch Atlanta / PSI Atlanta: $9,000–$30,000, avg ~$16,200 across converging sources
• Dr. Sukkar (Houston) / Memorial Plastic Surgery / Town & Country Plastic Surgeons (internally inconsistent): $15,000–$35,000+ range
• AestheticMatch Miami / drkmiamiplasticsurgery.com / Alluring Plastic Surgery / Spectrum Aesthetics: $7,000–$25,000+ across 4 sources
• AestheticMatch Chicago / Lakeshore Plastic Surgery / Krochmal Plastic Surgery: $12,000–$25,000 across 3 sources
• Allure Esthetic / Puget Plastic Surgery / Anderson Sobel Cosmetic / Seattle Plastic Surgery: $8,600–$35,000+ across 4 sources
• Plastic Surgery Group of New Jersey / Gartner Plastic Surgery / RealSelf Cherry Hill: $8,000–$25,000+ across sources

Neck Lift

Data last verified August 2026.

This vertical prices five genuinely distinct neck procedures separately (neck liposuction, platysmaplasty, combined lipo + platysmaplasty, mini neck lift, deep plane neck lift) rather than one blended figure. The ASPS 7,885 surgeon-fee-only average is shown separately from RealSelf's 11,604 all-in patient-reported average — the two are frequently and incorrectly conflated across the competitive set.

Standard neck lift and deep plane facelift are built as two entirely separate calculator presets, sharing the same component-breakdown UI but never blended into one output number — their price bands (roughly $3,000–$20,000 vs. $18,000–$50,000+) are far enough apart that combining them into a single range would materially mislead whichever audience got the wrong end of it. The main calculator's "combine with a facelift" toggle shows the neck procedure and facelift figures as two clearly separated totals, never one merged number.

No dedicated safety page was built for this vertical — unlike BBL, no comparably alarming, well-documented mortality or complication statistic was identified for neck lift or facelift surgery in this research pass, so none is manufactured here. The one safety-adjacent, well-sourced point (most health insurance does not cover this procedure) is folded into the financing page instead.

No Turkey medical-tourism page was built either — "turkey neck" in this keyword set is overwhelmingly the lay idiom for sagging neck skin, not medical tourism to the country Turkey, and that literal-tourism search volume is too small to justify a dedicated page (contrast with Breast Augmentation's and Mommy Makeover's tourism pages, which were volume-justified). The idiom is instead covered on its own dedicated FAQ page.

Five city markets are live (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Tampa). New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas each have multi-source or clinic-direct figures; Boston and Tampa were verified via a dedicated live-sourcing pass that found genuine, technique-driven disagreement between sources in both markets (Boston: $8,000–$9,000 standard vs. $15,000 deep-plane-technique from two different practices; Tampa: three sources ranging $3,500–$21,500 depending on procedure scope) — both are published as wider ranges with an explicit lower/medium confidence label rather than a falsely precise single number.

• ASPS (plasticsurgery.org) — neck lift cost: $7,885 average surgeon's fee (surgeon-fee-only)
• ASPS (plasticsurgery.org) — facelift cost: $11,395 average surgeon's fee (2024, up from ~$8,005 in 2020)
• CareCredit — Neck Lift Cost and Financing: $6,149 national average, range $3,000–$14,750; full 50-state table
• RealSelf (via Georgia Plastic Surgery): ~$11,604 average all-in, range $4,800 (mini)–$28,000 (extensive); deep plane facelift avg $25,681 ($8,900–$62,000)
• surgerycostguide.com 2026 state-by-state analysis: $5,774 national average, $5,000–$12,000 typical; lowest-cost states MS $5,110, WV $5,185, AL $5,225
• Georgia Plastic Surgery / Chernoff Cosmetic Surgery: Traditional neck lift $8,000–$20,000
• drkmiamiplasticsurgery.com city-pricing guide: NYC $12,000–$20,000; LA $10,000–$18,000; mini neck lift $5,000–$8,000 typical
• turkeyluxuryclinics.com / Omaha Liposuction / Chicago Breast & Body: Mini neck lift $3,000–$10,000 typical, up to $14,000–$16,000 in major cities
• Facial Plastic Surgery Associates / Boston Center for Plastic Surgery: Deep plane neck lift add-on $10,000–$11,000 / $15,000 surgeon's fee alone
• doseway.com / Premiere Surgical Art / Dr. Sean Doherty: Platysmaplasty $5,000–$12,000; neck lipo $2,000–$7,000; combined $6,000–$15,000
• Dr. Liland (Dallas): RealSelf-sourced mini-lift average ~$9,900
• Chicago Breast & Body Aesthetics: Chicago traditional $8,000–$12,000, mini $4,000–$8,000, neck lipo from $5,995
• surgerycostguide.com / imagecosmeticsurgerycenter.com: Most health insurance does not cover cosmetic neck lift or facelift surgery
• Longwood Plastic Surgery (Brookline, MA) / Boston Center for Plastic Surgery: Boston $8,000–$9,000 standard (Dec 2022, stale); $15,000 deep plane surgeon's fee alone (Aug 2024)
• Farrior Facial Plastic Surgery / Dr. Traci Temmen / Narasimhan Plastic Surgery (Tampa): Tampa $7,000–$12,000; ~$11,000 starting (neck alone); $3,500–$6,400 (smaller-scope, Jan 2025)
• Live re-check, Aug 2026 — ASPS neck lift + facelift pages, direct fetch: Both $7,885 and $11,395 confirmed unchanged on plasticsurgery.org; neither page carries a visible data-year stamp, so we cite them as "per ASPS" without asserting a specific data year