Eyelid surgery cost: How much does eyelid surgery cost, and what does the price cover?

The national numbers

How much does eyelid surgery cost?

ASPS’s cost page gives an average of $3,359 for upper eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and $3,876 for lower, but it shows no year and leaves out anesthesia and the operating room. The Aesthetic Society says $3,387 from 2022 data. CareCredit, a lender, says $4,451 from a 2023 study, and $4,313 for upper and $4,177 for lower from a 2024 study. They don’t measure the same thing. We found 218 eyelid surgery prices on 109 practice websites in 35 metro areas, checked September 30, 2026, and show each one as posted.

ASPS’s 2020 statistics report, the latest with a fee table we could open, gives $4,120 for eyelid surgery in 2020 and $3,282 for 2019, a surgeon’s fee that leaves out anesthesia and facility costs. Its 2025 report counts surgeries and gives no fee. The Aesthetic Society’s own page calls its $3,387 both surgeon fees and surgeon and facility fees, so we can’t say whether the facility is in. For scale, ASPS counted 120,755 eyelid surgeries for 2024 in its June 2025 release and 118,978 for 2025 in its 2025 report, and the Aesthetic Society estimated 113,996 for 2023. The societies count differently, and ASPS’s 2025 report puts 2024 at 100,185, so don’t read these as one trend.

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Posted prices

How much does upper eyelid surgery cost?

Among the 45 upper eyelid surgery (upper blepharoplasty) prices that practices quote as their own, the lowest is $2,800 (Cytryn Cosmetic Surgery, Bethesda, MD, general wording) and the highest is $14,000 (Akshay Sanan MD, Boston, MA). ASPS’s cost page says $3,359 for upper lids with no year, and CareCredit’s 2024 study says $4,313. We found 66 upper eyelid prices on 60 websites and show each one, none averaged.

Of those 45, 17 say a total with the surgeon, facility and anesthesia, 8 say the surgeon’s fee only, 1 names some of the parts, 1 contradicts itself and 18 don’t say. Among them, 14 are starting prices, which are floors, 7 use general wording such as “typically,” and one is for one eye. Another 21 pages describe the range in their city and don’t quote a fee, so they sit under their own heading. Upper eyelid surgery that insurance pays for because it restores vision isn’t priced here, and the insurance chapter says what the policies we read ask for.

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Posted prices

How much does lower blepharoplasty cost?

Among the 32 lower blepharoplasty (lower eyelid surgery) prices that practices quote as their own, the lowest is $3,000 (Aesthetica Surgery & Spa, Columbus, OH) and the highest is $12,000 (Henry A. Mentz MD FACS, Houston, TX, general wording). ASPS’s cost page says $3,876 for lower lids with no year, and CareCredit’s 2024 study says $4,177. Lower lid surgery through the inside of the lid, as a skin pinch only, or with fat repositioning is priced on its own lines below and never mixed in.

Three practices price the inside-the-lid (transconjunctival) approach on its own, three price a skin pinch only and four price fat repositioning, transposition or grafting, and some of those bundle fat grafting or laser, which each row says. Of the 32 plain lower lid prices, 10 say a total with the surgeon, facility and anesthesia, 7 say the surgeon’s fee only, 1 names some of the parts and 14 don’t say. Every policy we read treats lower lid surgery as cosmetic or nearly so, so a lower lid price is usually yours to pay.

Posted prices

How much does upper and lower eyelid surgery together cost?

Among the 27 prices for upper and lower eyelid surgery together (four lids) that practices quote as their own, the lowest is $4,000 (Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center, Houston, TX) and the highest is a starting price of $24,000 (Gregory D. Lewen MD, Aventura, FL), and no national number is for four lids by name. On each of the four practices charted below that list a flat price for upper lids, lower lids and all four, the four-lid price is lower than the other two added together. We found 36 four-lid prices, and none is averaged.

Of the 27 own four-lid prices, 10 say a total with the surgeon, facility and anesthesia, 3 say the surgeon’s fee only, 3 name some of the parts, 1 contradicts itself and 10 don’t say. Another 9 describe the range in a city. No source we read defines four-eyelid surgery, and one surgeon’s 892-case review linked combined upper and lower surgery to more dry eye and chemosis, so ask what your surgeon would do to each lid.

Posted prices

What does eyelid surgery cost when a page doesn’t split upper and lower?

Practices post 45 eyelid surgery prices that say “blepharoplasty” or “eyelid surgery” without saying which lids, and 7 more give one price for either upper or lower, so none of them can be filed as an upper, lower or four-lid price. Of the 45, 13 are a practice’s own price and 32 describe the range in a city. We show them apart from the split prices and never add them to one.

One page says “per eyelid” without saying which, so its price may be per lid and not for the pair. Where a page gives a single price for either, the row says it’s one price for upper or lower. A number that doesn’t name its lids can’t be set beside one that does.

Your quote

What belongs in an eyelid surgery quote?

An eyelid surgery quote should name the lids and the technique and list the surgeon’s fee, anesthesia, the facility, prescriptions and medical tests, which ASPS says may come with an eyelid surgery price. Of the 133 eyelid surgery prices practices post as their own, 71 say at least part of what they cover, 2 contradict themselves and 60 say nothing.

Practices that itemize show why. Bergen Eyelids in New Jersey lists a facility fee of $1,250 to $2,250 in its office and $2,400 to $4,800 in an ambulatory surgery center, and an anesthesia fee of zero without an anesthesiologist or starting at $1,750 with one. Seattle Facial Plastic Surgery in Bellevue prices the surgeon and operating room at $3,850 for either pair of lids, with anesthesia at $500 on its own line. Chicago Eyelids calls its prices “all-inclusive” and then says facility and anesthesia costs may apply, so ask which line settles it.

Your quote

Why does eyelid surgery cost so differently from one practice to the next?

An eyelid surgery price changes with the lids, the technique, where the surgery happens, the anesthesia and what the number counts, so two prices for “eyelid surgery” can describe different operations. One Raleigh practice’s page lists both upper lids at $5,800 and one upper lid at $4,350, so one eye costs more than half the price of two.

Two practices show the setting. Beck Aesthetic Surgery posts about $4,500 for upper lids with local anesthesia and $7,000 with general anesthesia, both with the operating room and anesthesia fees in, and Boston Eyelid Surgery lists $6,500 in the office with local anesthesia and $8,500 in the operating room with its fees in. Technique changes it as well. Akshay Sanan MD prices lower lid surgery at $12,000 to $15,000 with fat grafting and CO2 laser resurfacing included, and Boston Eyelid Surgery lists $4,000 more for a skin pinch or a canthopexy. Within one city the spread can be wide too, as the grid shows.

Posted prices

What do ptosis repair, double-eyelid surgery and canthopexy cost compared with eyelid surgery?

Ptosis repair, Asian (double-eyelid) surgery, canthopexy and revision eyelid surgery are different operations from blepharoplasty, and the 41 prices practices post for them and for add-ons are comparisons, not eyelid surgery prices. ASPS says a drooping upper lid may come from the brow or from ptosis, which needs a different operation, and Mayo Clinic says a surgeon may combine ptosis surgery with blepharoplasty when the lid droops close to the pupil.

Of these, 14 are for ptosis repair, alone or with lid surgery, and four of those are for one eye. No page we read says what a touch-up after your own surgery costs. Three prices are for revision eyelid surgery as its own operation, $8,000 to $14,000 at Bergen Eyelids for upper lids, $11,500 to $18,000 at Bergen Eyelids for lower lids and from $12,000 at New York Eye and Face Oculoplastic Surgery. A brow lift or a facelift priced with the eyelids is a bigger operation with its own price.

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Where you live

What does eyelid surgery cost in Utah?

University of Utah Health lists eyelid surgery at $5,400 for upper lids, $5,950 for lower lids and $7,825 for all four, as estimates, and Mobley MD in Salt Lake City says either pair starts at $5,500 and all four at about $11,000. Utah Facial Plastics quotes $4,800 to $6,000 for upper lids in general wording, and seven other Utah practices’ eyelid surgery pages we opened show no dollar figure.

Of the five Utah practices that post a figure, three quote their own price and two describe only a range, and one of those, Eyelid Center of Utah, does so in part from a post dated September 27, 2021. A Utah Facial Plastics coordinator says doing it in the office with local numbing can lower the overall cost by up to $1,700. Sidecar Health, an insurer’s cost calculator, lists an average cash price of $2,536 at a surgery center and $3,584 at an outpatient hospital for a bundle of charges for both upper eyelids in Utah, covering the visit, surgeon, facility, prescription and anesthesia. Its page has no date and doesn’t explain its method, and it isn’t what a practice charges.

Coverage

Does insurance cover eyelid surgery?

Insurance can pay for upper eyelid surgery when hanging skin or a low lid measurably blocks your vision under your plan’s own test, and every policy we read treats lower eyelid surgery as cosmetic or nearly so. ASPS says most health insurance doesn’t cover cosmetic surgery, but removing redundant skin that covers the eyelashes may be covered. Policy text is not a coverage guarantee.

The tests differ from place to place. Noridian, the Medicare contractor for Utah and 12 other western states, calls the upper lid functional at about 30 degrees or less from fixation and relies on photographs and the exam, while WPS, the contractor for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana and Michigan, requires visual fields and lists an MRD of 2.5 mm or less among its signs. Aetna, Cigna, Anthem and UnitedHealthcare each publish their own. One Chicago practice charges $500 for a functional consultation that includes visual field testing and documentation for insurance claims, so checking can carry its own fee. One patient says her health insurance covered an upper blepharoplasty after her eye surgeon’s office sent in a visual field test and photos, and a letter of approval came a couple of weeks later.

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Other options

What do tear trough filler, brow Botox, laser and ptosis drops cost compared with eyelid surgery?

Tear trough filler, brow Botox, laser, plasma pens and ptosis drops are priced by the syringe, the unit, the session or the 30-day supply, so none of their posted prices is an eyelid surgery price. Practices post tear trough filler at $700 to $2,500 a syringe or vial, and a 2026 review says fillers may suit mild tear trough deformity with good skin and little laxity, while surgery stays the most predictable and durable choice for moderate to severe deformity.

Ptosis drops are for a lid that sits low and not for hanging skin, and AAO says they must be used every day to keep working. Upneeq’s own store lists $155 for a 30-day supply, or $139.50 on a monthly subscription, and Drugs.com lists cash prices from $211.40 for 30 vials. In September 2022 the FDA sent a warning letter to one maker of plasma pens sold for the eye area, saying its devices lacked the required clearance, which concerns one manufacturer and not all plasma devices.

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Real prices

What did people say they paid for eyelid surgery?

Three creators said what their eyelid surgery cost, and each number is for a different operation, a little over $5,000 for a lower blepharoplasty through the inside of the lid in Raleigh, $5,000 for an upper blepharoplasty with nothing said about what it covers, and about $4,000 for an upper blepharoplasty done in an office in Louisville in 2023. None is an average or a typical price, and none is a surgeon’s quote.

All three said their number aloud, and none shows it on screen. The Raleigh creator says hers was for the entire procedure, including anesthesia. The Louisville creator calls hers the total, says she had light sedation and not general anesthesia, and says it was a little cheaper that way. We found no video of someone describing how they paid, and no surgeon’s video we could confirm on a registry.

Before you book

What hidden costs come with eyelid surgery, and how do I compare two quotes?

Besides the price, eyelid surgery can cost you a consultation fee, prescriptions, medical tests, follow-up visits and time off, and a quote may not say which of them it includes, so compare two quotes line by line for the same lids and the same fees. ASPS lists prescriptions and medical tests beside the surgeon’s fee, anesthesia and the facility. We found no price for a touch-up after your own surgery, so ask for it in writing.

Consultation fees vary, and some aren’t credited to surgery. Raleigh Eye and Face charges $255 for a new patient and says consultation fees do not apply toward surgery, Bergen Eyelids lists $285 for an office consultation and $400 for a revision consultation, and Gregory D. Lewen MD lists $400. Cleveland Clinic says most people feel good enough to go back to their routine after a week or two, and ASPS says to arrange a driver and someone to stay the first night.

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How can I pay for eyelid surgery?

Practices point to lenders for eyelid surgery, and the lenders post very different terms. CareCredit and Alphaeon Credit each post a 32.99% purchase APR, and Cherry posts 0% to 35.99% APR on terms of 1 to 60 months, on a page updated June 3, 2026. ASPS says many plastic surgeons offer patient financing plans for cosmetic eyelid surgery.

The no-interest plans at CareCredit and Alphaeon are deferred interest, which means interest is charged from the purchase date if the balance isn’t paid in full by the end of the promotion. Their reduced-APR plans post 17.90% to 20.90% for 24 to 60 months. The CFPB’s May 2023 report counted almost $23 billion of healthcare spending on deferred-interest plans over more than 17 million purchases from 2018 to 2020, and about $1 billion paid in deferred interest, which is a statistic across all those purchases and not a rate you would pay. We found no video of someone describing how they paid.

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