Liposuction (Suction Assisted Lipectomy) Cost in Newcastle NSW

There is no single price for liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy). The fee is set by the areas treated, the operating time they need, and whether the operation is a day procedure or an overnight stay. I perform liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) using VASER (ultrasound assisted lipectomy), under general anaesthetic, at Maitland Private Hospital, and for most patients it is a day procedure. For the operation itself, see the liposuction pillar.

Each treatment area has its own cost page, listed below. Every page works through an example case for a stated presentation and itemises the fees you are billed: my surgical fee, the specialist anaesthetist fee and the Maitland Private Hospital charges, with GST shown. The figures on those pages are approximate totals for the example described. Where more than 1 area is treated in the same operation, it is quoted as 1 plan with 1 set of fees set by the total operating time, and larger plans are staged across sessions on clinical grounds. Your written quote carries the current fees for your own plan.

Liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) performed for cosmetic reasons has no Medicare item number, so there is no Medicare rebate, private health funds do not contribute, and GST applies to the whole amount. Lipoedema is a medical condition, but there is no item number for liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) to treat it either, and the same position applies. Where liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) is part of an excisional operation that does carry an item number, such as an abdominoplasty after significant weight loss, the item belongs to that operation, which is priced on its own page, for example the abdominoplasty cost page.