| There is no standard method for quoting price for cosmetic eyelid surgery, and so buyer beware: the add-ons can be substantial.
When queried by phone, some plastic surgery offices will quote only the "surgeon's fee" for an operation. This practice is, in our opinion, unacceptable and, in some cases, seems to be intentionally misleading. We say this because some of the extra cost "not included" along with this quoted fee may be for services that are absolutely required (that is, not optional) to perform the operation.
You may be subject to any or all of the following costs above and beyond a simple "surgeon's fee":
• Fees for the office operating room
• Fees for free-standing facilities such as hospital or surgicenter
• Fees for administration of any anesthesia
• Fees for an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist
• Fees for before and after photography
• Fees for visual field testing
• Fees for preoperative laboratory testing
• Fees for any laboratory examination of removed tissues
• Costs of required medications for use after surgery
Another major "gray zone" is . . . |
