Circumferential Hybrid Abdominoplasty Cost in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley
My surgical fee for a circumferential hybrid abdominoplasty starts from $24,500 for the least complex cases. That is my fee only. The anaesthetist and Maitland Private Hospital bill separately, and for a 7 hour operation with 3 nights in hospital the combined out of pocket total is usually around $27,000 for patients with private health cover where a Medicare item number applies, or around $48,500 without cover. Your individual quote follows consultation once I have examined you and planned the operation.
I am a FRACS Specialist Surgeon operating at Maitland Private Hospital in the Hunter Valley, and I see patients from Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Port Stephens, the Central Coast and regional NSW.
The circumferential hybrid abdominoplasty is an operation I developed for patients after significant weight loss with loose skin around the full circumference of the lower torso and side to side excess across the front of the abdomen. It combines a belt lipectomy (body lift) with a vertical midline excision in one operation; a standard belt lipectomy (body lift) has its own cost page.
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What my fee includes
My surgical fee covers more than the time in theatre.
A second consultation at no cost before surgery
This includes a review of your blood results and can be done remotely if you live outside the Hunter.
All follow-up after a circumferential hybrid abdominoplasty
The first 2 weeks involve frequent visits to my rooms for wound checks and dressing changes, then reviews at 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months. None of these attract a separate charge.
Your compression garment
Which you wear full-time for 4 weeks and then during the day for a further 2 weeks.
What makes up your total cost
My surgical fee
From $24,500 for the least complex cases: normal BMI, no liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) and no muscle repair.
The anaesthetist’s fee
Billed separately and based on time under anaesthesia. Your anaesthetic consultation is by phone in most cases. The operation takes about 7 hours without adjuncts, roughly 1 hour longer than a belt lipectomy (body lift), because the vertical midline excision is closed as a separate step after the circumferential incision.
Maitland Private Hospital theatre and accommodation fees
3 nights in hospital is usual.
2 closed suction drains, exiting at the hips
The hospital bills these. For uninsured patients they sit within the disposables charge; where an item number applies your fund covers them.
Adjuncts that change the quote
Liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy) of the flanks or thighs, muscle repair where muscle separation (diastasis recti) is present, or a longer operation for a higher BMI each add theatre time, which moves my fee, the anaesthetic fee and the hospital charge together.
Medicare and health funds
After significant weight loss, Medicare item number 30179 may apply to the circumferential component of this operation. Whether you meet the criteria is assessed at consultation, not from this page. If an item number applies, your health fund contribution depends on your policy and level of cover. Without an item number the operation is treated as cosmetic, the full hospital and anaesthetic fees apply, and GST is added to my fee.
Revision surgery, if ever needed, is charged depending on your insurance position; this is covered in the full cost guide.
The item number criteria, health fund tiers and worked examples for both insured and uninsured patients are set out in my belt lipectomy and circumferential surgery cost guide, circumferential hybrid section.
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Your next step
You will need a referral from your GP before I can see you. Bring it to your first consultation at my rooms in Maitland, where I examine you, grade your skin laxity and work out whether the circumferential hybrid abdominoplasty or a belt lipectomy (body lift) alone is the right operation. Your written quote follows within about a week and sets out my fee, the item number position and the anaesthetist and hospital estimates.
If you are travelling from the Central Coast, the Mid North Coast or further afield, the first consultation can be by telehealth. An in-person examination is still required before surgery is booked.