Circumferential lower body lift (belt lipectomy) cost in Brazil
Other country
Brazil. Amounts in US dollars are that country's published price, converted. We are still collecting prices for circumferential lower body lift (belt lipectomy) here. The cited figures below are what has been published. A clinic list or a regional average is not a patient median.
A single incision all the way around the waistline. Removes the abdominal apron in front, the roll across the lower back and flanks, and lifts the buttocks and outer thighs as one continuous unit. The big operation — and the one where the gap between an advertised surgeon fee and the real total is widest.
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Published complication rate
37%
Meta-analysis of 28 studies, 1,380 patients (StatPearls): 37% overall — dehiscence 17%, seroma 13%, infection 5%, skin necrosis 4%, hematoma 3%, DVT/PE 3%. Rises to ~50% above BMI 32.
What has been published for Brazil
Cited third-party figures for Brazil. A benchmark is not a report of what someone paid, and these numbers are never averaged into a patient median.
Other country
Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos · Surgeon + facility only · R$12,100
US dollar equivalent at 5.2214 BRL per dollar, European Central Bank reference rate, 2026-10-02. The clinic did not publish a dollar price.
Hospital package listed as torsoplastia: general anaesthesia, two apartment days, five hours. Physician fees are excluded. This is not labelled a belt lipectomy, and it is not a patient total.
United States figures for this operation
These rows were published for the United States. They stay labelled and separate from the Brazil figures above.
| Where | Figure | What it includes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $13,250 $10,000$16,500 | Surgeon fee only — not a final price 2024 average surgeon/physician fee range from the ASPS statistics report. Excludes anesthesia, facility, tests, and garments. The central figure is the midpoint of the published range, not a separate ASPS average. | American Society of Plastic Surgeons as of Oct 2026 |
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $7,269 | Surgeon + facility only — not a final price Explicitly EXCLUDES anesthesia, medical tests, prescriptions and garments. This is the number most often mistaken for a price. | The Aesthetic Society national databank as of Aug 2026 |
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $19,392 $15,000$34,500 | All-in estimate | CareCredit as of Aug 2026 |
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $23,618 $12,400$47,000 | Patient-reported average n = 76 Self-selected reviewers, small sample. The low end of the range included partial insurance coverage. | RealSelf patient reviews as of Aug 2026 |
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