Nose surgery is a broader phrase than rhinoplasty and the breadth matters for money. A cosmetic rhinoplasty is self-pay and has a published national average: the American Society of Plastic Surgeons gives $7,637 as an average surgeon fee, excluding anesthesia, operating room facilities and other related expenses. An operation done to improve breathing is a clinical procedure with an entirely different funding route, and the two are frequently proposed together.
Ask providers for a written price
Two operations that share an anesthetic
Where a patient has both a functional problem and a cosmetic wish, surgeons commonly address them in one sitting. That is efficient clinically and complicated financially, because one part may be a payer's responsibility and the other the patient's, and they share a theatre, an anesthetist and a recovery. Practices that do this routinely will explain in writing how they apportion the bill. Ask for that explanation before the operation rather than after it.
What this record publishes and what it does not
This hub publishes what cosmetic self-pay procedures are quoted at, from published sources, with dates. It publishes no insurance advice and takes no position on what a plan owes anybody. Where a functional element is in play, the useful documents are the surgeon's operative plan and the insurer's written response to it, and neither of those is something a price record can stand in for.
The cosmetic half, priced
For the self-pay part, the reference is the rhinoplasty average of $7,637 as a surgeon fee, plus the five lines ASPS names outside it: anesthesia, hospital or surgical facility costs, medical tests, post-surgery garments and prescriptions. A combined operation does not double those lines, which is why a combined quote is usually below the two operations priced separately.
Other questions people ask
How much is nose surgery in the US?
For a cosmetic rhinoplasty the ASPS average surgeon fee is $7,637, excluding anesthesia, facility and related expenses. A functional operation is a different funding question.
Can the two be done together?
Commonly, in one sitting. Ask the practice in writing how it apportions the bill between the functional and cosmetic parts.
Will insurance pay for the breathing part?
That is between you, your surgeon and your insurer. We publish prices and give no insurance advice.
Does combining them save money?
Usually, because one anesthetic and one facility booking cover both rather than two of each.