Get Plastic Surgery at a Lower Cost by a Resident at a University?

It is a great idea to contact a University for the cost of surgery by a resident under the guidance of an experienced plastic surgeon.  The cost can be signifincatly lower.

Yes, it is likely that cosmetic surgery can be done for significant less money at a  university affiliated teaching hospital via the "residents clinic" than a private practice Plastic Surgeon.. .At some point every plastic surgeon in training needs to practice and learn how to do all procedures both cosmetic and reconstructive. You are trading the potential risk of inexperience and therefore less predictable outcome for cost savings. On the other hand as a former tenured professor at one of the universities you mentioned, I can tell you that surgeries are usually staffed by experienced and well trained professors who oversee the work being done, so the risk vs benefit question becomes hard to make sense of. I think what I would do in your circumstance is ask the resident/fellow how many of these procedures he/she has done, and the name of the Attending Doctor/Professor (look him up re: credentials) and ask if he will be present during the entire case. The other consideration is that the resident surgeon will graduate or otherwise move on to another facility and you may not have access to him/her for long term follow-up.