Circumferential lower body lift (belt lipectomy) cost in South Central
United States
United States, South Central. 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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What a quoted surgeon fee leaves out
Practices often advertise the surgeon’s fee. Anesthesia, the operating room, testing, and garments are billed separately. The ranges below are a published US benchmark. They are not a median of what people paid in South Central. The surgeon’s fee is not the price.
United States
Facility / operating room
$1,200 – $6,500
Anesthesia
$800 – $2,500
Pre-operative testing
$300 – $1,200
Compression garments
$80 – $350
BENCHMARK Collectively these add 40–50% to a quoted surgeon fee. Cosmetic surgery cost analysis, 2026, captured August 14, 2026.
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 South Central
Cited third-party figures for South Central. A benchmark is not a report of what someone paid, and these numbers are never averaged into a patient median.
United States
CareCredit · All-in estimate · $17,514
Unweighted average of CareCredit's published state figures for the states in this region, captured 2026-10-03. CareCredit did not publish a regional price, and states inside the region differ. National figure on the page is $19,392, range $15,000–$34,500. The study citation on that page did not render when we captured it.
United States figures for this operation
These rows were published for the United States. They stay labelled and separate from the South Central 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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