Do you save money by combining procedures?

Hi there, great question!  Combining surgeries can save you money and recovery time.  Both procedures you are interested in are commonly done together.  The difference in cost is variable though depending on the surgeon, the surgical center as well as your geographical location.  Please find a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation.  After the consultation, you can request price quotes that combine the procedures as well as individual quotes, this will give you a better idea of cost difference.  Good luck!Best wishes, Dr. Michelle Spring

When a patient is interested in multiple cosmetic procedures, it can be beneficial to combine the procedures in one operation. As long as the patient is in overall good health and it is safe to perform all the procedures at once, it would be most likely recommended to do so by the surgeon. The patient would be responsible for less in facility and anesthesia fees. The difference in cost depends on the duration of the surgery, the facility in which the procedures are performed, and the anesthesia group. Consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon near you for an accurate comparison of the procedures done alone and together. Good luck in your research!

Dear R.nicholasYou are correct that in general, you can save by combining procedures. As long as the surgeries  are approximately less than 5 hours long and don't negatively impact each other, combing procedures can also save you in time for recovery and time off work. Nose and chin are often done together and are an excellent combination of procedures.

You can save money when it comes to facility fees and anesthesia.  Instead of having to pay new facility fees and new anesthesia fees for separate procedures, you are simply adding time to the day.  You can save a significant amount of money by combining procedures depending on where the surgery is done, and under what type of anesthesia.  The other added benefit, is that you recover at the same time rather than going through recovery multiple times.  It's something to consider.  Good luck and be well!

Great question, and, to be honest, it may be physician dependent.  Your friend is correct - usually, if you have to go to the operating room, you have to pay operating room fees (otherwise known as facility fees) as well as anesthesia fees.  Such that if you were going to do two procedures, that cost would double.  However, if your doc has his operating room on-site, things change, particularly when you are talking about a chin implant.  At our office we routine do chin implants under local anesthesia as we have two fully-accredited operating rooms on site.  That being said, every office has different policies and is different - so it may be worthwhile bringing this up with your docs during the consultation process. Best of luck!