Prices: Australian price: Price on request, get quotes from clinics. Overseas prices: Price on request, get quotes from clinics.
Short answer: A mommy makeover usually means combining abdominal and breast procedures (and sometimes liposuction) in one operation or a staged plan. Combining procedures can mean longer anaesthetic time, more healing sites and higher overall risk than a single procedure (ASAPS (opens official site)). Medicare doesn’t cover elective and cosmetic surgery (Department of Health (opens official site)). ASAPS advises Australian patients not to fly for 6 to 8 weeks after cosmetic surgery (ASAPS (opens official site)). Destination guide: mommy makeover in Thailand.
Risks and limitations to understand first
- Longer anaesthetic and operating time when procedures are combined
- Bleeding, infection and wound-healing problems at more than one site
- Blood clots (DVT / PE), especially with abdominal surgery and long flights (ASAPS (opens official site); flying after surgery; DVT risk)
- Seroma, delayed healing and revision needs after abdominoplasty (healthdirect (opens official site))
- Breast implant or lift-specific risks if breast surgery is included (healthdirect (opens official site); TGA (opens official site))
- Liposuction fluid and contour risks if fat removal is added (healthdirect (opens official site))
- ASAPS notes that combining surgeries in distant body areas can be less safe; a specialist should advise whether a proposed combination is appropriate (ASAPS (opens official site))
- Australia’s cosmetic surgery safeguards often don’t exist overseas (Ahpra (opens official site))
- Medicare doesn’t cover you overseas; basic travel insurance rarely covers medical tourism (Smartraveller (opens official site))
- Fixing problems can cost more than the original trip (Smartraveller (opens official site))
What the package may include
Marketing packages often bundle:
- Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
- Breast lift and/or breast augmentation
- Liposuction in selected areas
Those components each have their own risk and cost profile. Combining them does not create a separate, lower-risk category. Related costs: tummy tuck, breast augmentation, breast lift, liposuction, plastic surgery.
What affects the quote
- Exact procedures, order, and whether staging would reduce risk
- Expected anaesthetic time and overnight / ICU plans
- Implant brand and model (if used) and documentation for Australian follow-up (TGA (opens official site))
- Garments, drains, follow-up visits and revision policy
Published figures: Price on request, get quotes from clinics. Ask for an itemised written quote that lists each procedure separately.
Medicare and insurance
| Source | What it may pay |
|---|---|
| Medicare | Doesn’t cover elective and cosmetic surgery (Department of Health (opens official site)). Doesn’t cover you overseas. |
| Private health insurance | Cosmetic combinations are generally excluded. Any reconstructive component needs fund confirmation using Australian item numbers. |
| Travel / medical tourism cover | See travel insurance for cosmetic surgery and medical tourism insurance. |
Also: health insurance gaps.
Add these to any quote
| Cost | Notes |
|---|---|
| Flights | After written fit-to-fly clearance. Price on request, get quotes from clinics |
| Accommodation | Weeks of multi-site recovery before flying (ASAPS (opens official site)). Price on request, get quotes from clinics |
| Time off work | Often longer than a single-procedure recovery |
| Companion / help at home | Abdominal and breast restrictions can limit lifting |
| Insurance and revision buffer | Aftercare in Australia · revision surgery · complications overseas |
Destination reading: mommy makeover in Thailand, Thailand. Planner: trip budget.
Full trip cost beyond the procedure fee
Even when a hospital or clinic tariff is later verified, Australians should add:
- Flights (return; sometimes a second trip for staged work or bridge delivery)
- Hotel for the fly-safe window your clinician documents in writing
- Companion costs, time off work, garments, medications and follow-up visits
- Buffer for delayed healing, extra nights or a revision trip (Smartraveller (opens official site))
- Travel insurance that may still exclude elective or planned-procedure complications - read the PDS (travel insurance for surgery)
Use the trip budget planner and trip cost calculator for non-procedure travel maths only.
How to compare quotes without “best price” claims
- Same procedure labels and the same inclusions on every quote
- Named clinician and facility on the consent pathway
- Revision or remake policy in writing
- Total trip maths, not procedure-only marketing figures
- Soften “cheapest country” or “best country” searches - compare credentials, aftercare and risk, not inducements
We only publish AUD figures that sit in our verified price table with a source and access date. If status is pending, this page shows Price on request, get quotes from clinics.
Methodology note
We only publish AUD figures present in our verified price table with source URL and access date. Empty or pending rows show Price on request, get quotes from clinics. FX converts, when used elsewhere on this site, cite RBA indicative rates and must be rechecked on publish day. This page does not invent package discounts, holiday inducements or “cheapest country” crowns.
Related tools (non-procedure trip maths only): trip cost calculator · currency converter · savings calculator (educational; not a quote).
Guides: choosing a surgeon · questions to ask · complications overseas · aftercare in Australia · flying after surgery.
Paying without loan marketing
Cosmetic and hair cost pages on this site do not promote surgeryloans.com.au, BNPL or loan calculators. Use savings, a card you can repay, or licensed advice from your own adviser. Neutral trip maths: trip cost calculator.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a mommy makeover cost overseas?
We only publish verified, dated prices. Price on request, get quotes from clinics. Compare itemised line items, not a single package number.
Does Medicare cover a mommy makeover?
Generally no. Medicare doesn’t cover elective and cosmetic surgery, or treatment overseas.
Is combining procedures better because it is one anaesthetic?
A single anaesthetic may look lower on paper, but ASAPS notes that not every combination is appropriate and distant-area combinations can be less safe (ASAPS (opens official site)).
How long before I can fly?
ASAPS advises Australian patients not to fly for 6 to 8 weeks after cosmetic surgery because of clot risk.
Does travel insurance cover complications?
Basic travel insurance rarely covers medical tourism. See our cosmetic insurance guide.
What should be in a written quote?
Itemised clinician and facility fees, anaesthetic, stay length, inclusions and exclusions, revision or remake policy, and what happens if you need a longer stay.
Why does the full trip cost matter more than the procedure fee?
Flights, hotel for the fly-safe window, companion costs, time off work, insurance and a revision buffer often exceed a low procedure-only figure (Smartraveller (opens official site)).
Does this site pick a best or cheapest country?
No. We soften those anchors. Compare named credentials, facility checks, aftercare at home and total trip maths.
Sources
All accessed 24 October 2026.
- ASAPS, Combining cosmetic surgery procedures: https://aestheticplasticsurgeons.org.au/breast/combine-cosmetic-surgery-procedures/
- ASAPS, Heading overseas for cosmetic surgery: https://aestheticplasticsurgeons.org.au/news/heading-overseas-for-cosmetic-surgery-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
- healthdirect, Abdominoplasty: https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/procedures/surgery/abdominoplasty
- healthdirect, Breast augmentation: https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/breast-augmentation-breast-implants
- healthdirect, Liposuction: https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/procedures/surgery/liposuction
- TGA, Breast implants - things to consider: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/explore-topic/breast-implant-hub/breast-implants-things-consider
- Ahpra, Cosmetic surgery - information for the public: https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Cosmetic-surgery-hub/Information-for-the-public.aspx
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, What Medicare covers: https://www.health.gov.au/topics/medicare/about/what-medicare-covers
- Smartraveller, Going overseas for a medical procedure: https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/travel-essentials/travel-health/medical-tourism