How much does Botox cost?

I am a Dermatologist in San Diego, California. At our Center, we charge $8 per unit for Botox – this is just a little above the actual cost price of Botox. In our area, most practices charge anywhere from $10-$16 per unit. I personally perform all Botox treatments and recommend that patients receive... more

Offices charge for Botox in two ways - either by "area" or by "unit." It is my feeling that charging by "area" leads to fraud since the office can dilute the Botox by whatever ratio they want and the patient never actually knows how much Botox they have received. There is also... more

Although each individual treatment is usually affordable, Botox is an expensive treatment over a long period of time. In order to understand how much the product will cost, you need to know some information. Botox comes in large bottles filled with a near invisible powder. Each bottle has 100 Units in it. In... more

Botox pricing can be by area. Between the eyes (Glabella) is considered 1 area, the forehead maybe 2 or 3 areas, and so on. Botox can also be priced by the number of units used. Botox comes as a freeze dried powder that must have sterile saline added to make a solution for injection. Surgeons and doctors may... more

In my practice, I charge between $13-15 per unit and generally will inject anywhere from about 20-50 units of Botox in one session, and usually see patients once every 3-4 months for their Botox injections.  I do urge you to check the credentials and experience of your injector prior to your first Botox... more

I practice in Denver, Colorado and Botox typically costs $10-15/unit. I perform my own injections because I have fellowship training in facial aesthetic surgery. However, we have several top-notch non-M.D. injectionists in our area, and I don't hesitate to recommend them if the situation best serves the... more

It is very difficult to bargain shop Botox. Physicians charge by units, zones and volume.  The problem is that you dont know how dilute the physician has made it. So just beware of the very cheap Botox, you may be getting mostly water. The price for the Botox is almost $6 per unit, so if you're getting it... more

I charge by the number of units used because I have found that this makes the most sense to my patients. I dilute the Botox with 4cc of sterile saline solution so that each 0.1cc is equal to 2.5 units. I use 1 cc syringes so that the syringe will hold 25 units. The reason for charging by the unit rather... more

BOTOX® is distributed in a powder form intended to be mixed by the person doing the injections. Because it is expensive, variations in price can be attributed to different dilutions or the actual amounts injected. Many of our patients come to us after they were disappointed in BOTOX® injections done... more

While most of the physicians responding to this question in this forum have either provided actual "numbers" or general information about pricing, beware of several ways that physicians can charge for Botox. Some physicians will charge "by area" and will inject as much Botox as they believe... more