How Long After the Initial Consultation Would a Potential Customer Receive a Quote? How Long is the Quote Good For?

Every office has its own policies regarding quotes. You can start looking early for the surgeon the you feel comfortable with. In my office surgery quotes are good for six months but once you pay your surgery deposit for your date that locks you into that quote. Dr. ES

You should be able to receive a quote for the procedure at the time of your initial consultation. Most surgeons would take a deposit from you at a reasonable time and secure a surgery date of your request. A deposit secures a date and time and should lock in the fee for you.

Payment guidelines and such are determined by each surgeon. Therefore, you probably should ask your surgeon to see how long their quote is good for. Generally speaking, however, quotes are good for a few months to a year. Please ask your surgeon for scheduling the surgery as well. For busier surgeons in particular, you may need to wait for couple of months regardless to have your surgery.  You will definitely more than 7 days to recover from a full mommy make-over.

You should ask the practice about their policy, since every practice has their own guidelines regarding payments and surgery booking. You will receive your quote at the end of your consultation or soon afterward.

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Every practice is variable in regard to when you should receive your quote.  In my practice, we strive to always give a patient an all inclusive quote the same day as the consultation.  In our practice, we honor the quote for 90 days.  The reason for this is that hospital and anesthesia fees can and do change- these are fees that are out of the surgeons control.  We do however strive to honor the surgeons fee portion of the quote for significantly longer.

 

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You will find that each surgeon has their own policy regarding fees. We give a written quote at the end of the consultation that shows a breakdown of the fees. If surgery is scheduled, the quote will remain the same. I recommend that my patients take 10 to 14 days off work unless it is a physically demanding job, then it may be more. Good luck.

Thanks for your inquiry.  Generally if a patient is consulting me for surgery in the far future (greater than 6 months)  I always honor my surgeon's fee quote for up to a year, but every surgeon has different policies.  However, facilities and anesthesiologists do change their rates intermittently-but in my experience thes costs change usually under 10% and often they too will honor the price on the quote if it has not been a unreasonable amount of time. Good Luck. 

Every office will vary in terms of its procedure.  In my office, we provide a quote at the time of consultation which is good for 30 days.   At the time you book surgery, you pay a non-refundable deposit of $500 which locks in your quoted price regardless of when your surgery takes place.

Every practice has their own procedure for how they administer quotes.  In my practice, the surgical quote is given at the time of your initial consultation and is good for 30 days.  Exceptions are made for different situations if needed.  Regardless of the quote, a 7 day recovery time from a "Mommy Makeover" is not enough time.  You would most likely need at least 2 weeks and even then it's important to listen to your body and take it easy.