This is an uncommon operation that goes wrong in characteristic ways, and the difference between surgeons who do it regularly and surgeons who do it occasionally shows up in revision rates rather than in price lists. The published references are the American Society of Plastic Surgeons averages of $4,875 for breast augmentation with implants, $5,719 with fat grafting and $6,816 for a breast lift, all surgeon fees excluding anesthesia and facility.
Ask providers for a written price
Five questions worth asking every surgeon
How many tuberous or tubular corrections have you performed in the last year. Do you propose to release the constricting ring, and how. Where will you set the new inframammary fold and how will you secure it. Will the two sides be treated differently, and how. What is your revision rate for this operation and what would a revision cost me. Vague answers to any of these are more informative than a low quote.
Photographs are the evidence, at the right interval
Ask to see the surgeon's own results in patients whose starting anatomy resembled yours, photographed at twelve months rather than at six weeks, and from the side as well as the front. A lower pole that looks full immediately after surgery can flatten as swelling settles, and a double bubble becomes visible over months. Stock images and results from other surgeons tell you nothing about the person operating on you.
Reading the quote against the published figures
A quote for tubular correction should sit above the $4,875 augmentation average, because it contains steps that average does not cover, and it should sit further above again if a lift is included at $6,816 or if the plan is staged. A quote at or below the augmentation average is either a surgeon fee only or a plain augmentation mislabelled, and either way it is not the price of the operation you need.
Questions people ask about tubular breast correction surgery
How do I choose a surgeon for this?
By how many they perform, how specifically they describe the release and the new fold, and by their own twelve-month photographs of similar cases.
What should the quote sit against?
Above the ASPS augmentation average of $4,875, since the operation includes release, fold reconstruction and often areolar reduction beyond it.
Why is revision rate the question?
The characteristic failures, a double bubble and a low-sitting implant, are revision operations with their own anesthesia and facility charges.
Does a lift change the price?
Yes. Where the nipple sits low relative to the new fold a lift is added, for which the ASPS published average is $6,816, a surgeon fee only.