Gynecomastia Surgery Costs Down in 2009
One of the big worries bothering economists is deflation. That’s a period when the cost of many items drop, meaning that manufacturers and service providers must use fewer workers due to less profit received.
Yearly, the professional plastic surgery societies like the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) crunch the numbers on the previous year so we know the ages of patients having all the popular cosmetic plastic surgeries – like face lift and breast augmentation – plus the numbers of each procedure completed, the cost of plastic surgery and so on.
For the most recent set of statistics – 2009 — all plastic surgery procedures and techniques declined by two percent over 2008’s statistics, due to the recession. Surgeries declined 17 percent while nonsurgical procedures went up almost a full percent.
Along with the decline in procedures went prices.
For gynecomastia surgery, the average cost of cosmetic plastic surgery during 2009 was $3,294, $116 less than the previous year.
Of course, the $3,294 is the average surgeon fee. Usually, you must add on charges for the operating facility and for the nurse anesthetist or a board-certified anesthesiologist, along with some other items incidental to the procedure like medications, pathology fees, compressions garments and so on.
Currently, interest in all types of cosmetic plastic surgery is increasing which brings us to another question over which economists are always scratching their wizened heads.
When are prices going back up?
We would imagine that as more patients inquire about, and go ahead with, man boob surgery or other procedures, the prices will rise.
So, could now be a good time for a bargain if you’ve already been thinking about gynecomastia plastic surgery? Will prices go up in 2010?
Could be! Hey, we don’t have a crystal ball, either!
But if you combine a lowered price for surgery with other common discounts, you may realize quite a savings.
An all cash, paid-in-full arrangement is usually worth a three percent discount while agreeing to have your surgery during the doctor’s least busy time may be worth one to two percent. In many places, if you agree to fill in for patient whose surgery is canceled at the last moment, you could receive another one to five percent discount.
Best case scenario: 10 percent is nothing to sneeze at! That equals a possible savings of 329 smackers on the average ’09 gynecomastia surgery.