Cosmetic surgery costs in Los Angeles, line by line

In Los Angeles the hospital wage index is far above the surgery center index, so where the operation happens weighs more than in most cities.

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Breast augmentation, estimated total before the surgeon in Los Angeles

$3,702

Anesthesia $191, operating room $3,511.

Surgeon's feenot included, enter your quote
Anesthesia, 9 units$191
Operating room, surgery center$3,511

Benchmark, not a quote: the operating room and anesthesia lines are 2026 Medicare rates for the same codes; private prices for cosmetic work are set by each practice and are often higher. No public file prices the surgeon's fee: it counts only once you enter the figure from your own quote.

How this is computed
Operating room: CMS ASC Addendum AA, October 2026, local factor 1.1069. Anesthesia: 5 base units + 4 time units (60 minutes) x $21.26.
CodeCMS short descriptorShare paidNational rateLocal amount
CPT 19325Breast augmentation w/implt100 %$3,172$3,511

Compiled by Radif Partners · Where each line comes from · CBSA 31084, Medicare locality los angeles-long beach-anaheim (los angeles/orange cnty) · not a quote

The operating room and anesthesia of a breast augmentation in the Los Angeles area come to a benchmark of $3,702 in a surgery center in 2026, and liposuction of the trunk to $2,459. Those figures add the anesthesia at the 2026 factor of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim locality, $21.26, and the operating room at Medicare's rate adjusted with the area's wage index. Los Angeles stands out for the gap between its two indexes: 1.2139 before floor and reclassification, used for surgery centers, and 1.4315 after them, used for hospitals. A hospital outpatient department is therefore paid $10,512 for the breast augmentation room, against $3,511 for a surgery center, the widest gap of any procedure here. The surgeon's fee is not included, because no public file reports Los Angeles fees or national ones; the calculator adds it from the figure on your own quote.

Why the hospital index is so high

Hospitals receive the final wage index of their area, after the rural floor and reclassifications that let hospitals be paid at the index of a neighboring area. Surgery centers receive the index before those adjustments. In Los Angeles the final index is 1.4315, the same as San Diego's (1.4315), while the center index is 1.2139. Since hospitals apply the index to sixty percent of their rate and centers to half, a hospital room here costs much more than a center's for every procedure.

Medicare 2026 rates adjusted to the Los Angeles area.
ProcedureSurgery center roomHospital room
Breast augmentation$3,511$10,512
Brazilian butt lift$3,223$6,837

Body contouring in Los Angeles

Liposuction and the Brazilian butt lift are sometimes sold as package prices. The room and anesthesia benchmark for a BBL here is $3,575 in a surgery center, before any surgeon's fee. A package close to that figure is not necessarily wrong, but it needs the list of what it includes: the anesthesia provider, the facility, garments and follow-up. The BBL page explains the two codes behind the operation.

A Los Angeles package price, taken apart

Left for the surgeon once the room and anesthesia are counted at Medicare rates

$5,425

Your quote$9,000
Operating room at the Medicare rate$3,223
Anesthesia at the Medicare rate$353
Left for the surgeon$5,425
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Orange County belongs to the same anesthesia locality as Los Angeles County but to a different wage index area, so the room line of an Orange County practice may differ slightly from this page.

Every procedure in Los Angeles

Medicare 2026 rates adjusted to Los Angeles: wage index 1.2139 for surgery centers and 1.4315 for hospitals, anesthesia conversion factor $21.26. The surgeon's fee is not included: no public file prices it, enter your quote in the calculator.
ProcedureAnesthesiaOperating room, surgery centerOperating room, hospitalRoom and anesthesia, surgery center
Tummy tuck$276$3,153$8,540$3,429
Liposuction$310$2,148$4,558$2,459
Brazilian butt lift$353$3,223$6,837$3,575
Breast augmentation$191$3,511$10,512$3,702
Breast lift$276$3,153$8,540$3,429
Rhinoplasty$276$3,349$7,614$3,626
Facelift$323$2,148$4,558$2,471
Brow lift$206$1,205$3,058$1,411
Upper eyelid surgery$153$1,249$2,654$1,402
Lower eyelid surgery$157$1,249$2,654$1,407
Chin implant$185$3,349$7,614$3,534
Otoplasty$276$1,639$4,264$1,915
Arm lift$223$1,382$3,736$1,605
Thigh lift$276$1,382$3,736$1,658
Gynecomastia surgery$134$1,775$5,036$1,909

What readers ask about this bill

How much does a breast augmentation cost in Los Angeles?

About $3,702 for the operating room and anesthesia in a surgery center: anesthesia at the 2026 Los Angeles factor and the room at Medicare's rate adjusted to the area, implant included. In a hospital outpatient department the room alone is $10,512. The surgeon's fee comes on top, from your quote.

Why are hospital rooms so expensive in Los Angeles?

Because Medicare pays hospitals with the final wage index of the area, 1.4315 for Los Angeles in fiscal 2026, applied to sixty percent of the rate. Surgery centers use the index before floor and reclassification, 1.2139, on half the rate. The same operation therefore costs far more in a hospital department.

Is Orange County priced like Los Angeles?

For anesthesia, yes: both counties form one Medicare locality with one conversion factor. For the operating room, Orange County has its own wage index area, so its room line can differ a little from the Los Angeles figures on this page. The surgeon’s fee is set by each practice in both counties.

Next line to check

Breast augmentation cost

Implants, anesthesia and the operating room, with the hospital rate that is far above the center.

BBL cost

Brazilian butt lift: the fat harvest and the transfer billed as two codes, and what each line costs.

Surgery center or hospital

The operating room line in a surgery center and in a hospital department, code by code.

Cosmetic surgery costs in San Diego

San Diego shares its hospital wage index with Los Angeles but has a lower surgery center index and its own anesthesia locality.

Rate files and documents behind this page

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These figures are benchmarks: public Medicare rates for the operating room and anesthesia of the same codes; the surgeon's fee, which no public file publishes, counts only from your own quote. A practice sets its own prices, often above Medicare rates, and only a surgeon who has examined you can say what you need. The site describes bills, never whether a procedure suits you, and earns nothing from any surgeon, clinic, drug maker or lender.

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