Panniculectomy cost in Mountain West
United States
United States, Mountain West. We are still collecting prices for panniculectomy here. The cited figures below are what has been published. A clinic list or a regional average is not a patient median.
Removes the overhanging apron of skin below the navel. Functional rather than cosmetic: it does not tighten muscle, reposition the navel, or contour the waist. The cheapest route to getting the hang out of the way, and the one most likely to be covered by insurance when there is documented rash or infection.
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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 Mountain West. 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
17.4%
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 894 panniculectomy patients: 17.4% overall (dehiscence 8.4%, infection 5.8%, hematoma 4.6%, seroma 4.1%)
What has been published for Mountain West
Cited third-party figures for Mountain West. 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 · $6,872
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 $7,000, range $5,393–$13,618 (2024 Synchrony / ASQ360). Not an insured allowed amount.
United States figures for this operation
These rows were published for the United States. They stay labelled and separate from the Mountain West figures above.
| Where | Figure | What it includes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $7,000 $5,393$13,618 | All-in estimate | CareCredit as of Aug 2026 |
| United StatesBENCHMARK | $10,185 $3,000$50,000 | Patient-reported average n = 364 | RealSelf patient reviews as of Aug 2026 |