The Price of Beauty

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We take a look at the average cost of plastic surgery by providing you with current plastic surgery costs in four major cities. Beauty is expensive, and German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer has been quoted as saying, "There lives on earth no one beautiful person who could not be more beautiful."

To become more beautiful, there's often a price to pay, be it $50 a month to build a better body at the local gym, or the one-time cost of cosmetic plastic surgery, which insurance doesn't cover as a rule.

The following chart gives an idea of the costs of liposuction and breast implants in four states. Costs differ not only from one state to another, but also within states, and even from doctor to doctor. Not surprisingly, costs in big cities tend to be higher than in more rural areas.

	California	New York	Florida	Texas
Liposuction (Traditional/Single Site)	$2281	$2550	$1490	$1461
Liposuction (Ultrasound-Assisted/Single Site)	$3777	$6000	$3519	$3602
Breast Implants	$2012	$2325	$1146	$1744

Source: American Society of Plastic Surgeons