Price guide, typical fees and what changes your out‑of‑pocket.

Reading these figures

• The Medibank figure is the most reliable number on this page because it comes from actual claims rather than advertised prices — but it applies only to members who meet Medicare’s clinical criteria, hold compliant cover, have served waiting periods, and use a Members’ Choice hospital.
• Eligibility, not the surgery, determines your cost. The same operation can cost $0 or $35,000 depending entirely on whether it qualifies as medically necessary.
• A surgeon’s fee is not the price you pay. Where a provider publishes a surgeon-only fee, hospital/theatre and anaesthetist charges are billed on top and can add several thousand dollars.
• These are advertised starting prices at a point in time. They are not averages, they change frequently, and they vary by state and by complexity.
• There is no independent survey of cosmetic surgery prices in Australia. This is a compilation of what providers publish about themselves, not market research.
• Nothing here is a quote. Only an itemised written quote from a practitioner who has assessed you is reliable.

Fees shown are schedule fees as at the 1 July 2026 indexation, checked 25 August 2026. Surgeon pages across the web still quote the older figure for item 45523 — if you see a different number elsewhere, it is probably stale. Eligibility generally requires documented macromastia with neck, shoulder or back pain, symptoms over a sustained period, and failed conservative treatment; your GP and surgeon assess this, not us.

A schedule fee is not a rebate. Medicare pays 75–85% of the schedule fee depending on the setting, and the gap between it and what a surgeon actually charges is yours to pay. MBS fees are reindexed every 1 July. Confirm the current fee and criteria at MBS Online rather than relying on any figure republished elsewhere — including ours.