Ten major metros, each with its own sourced pricing — not a single national number stretched across every market.
| City | Range |
|---|---|
| Houston | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Los Angeles | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Beverly Hills | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| New York City | $10,000 – $20,000 |
| Chicago | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Atlanta | $10,000 – $18,000 |
| San Francisco | $10,000 – $18,000 |
| San Diego | $9,000 – $15,000 |
| Dallas | $7,000 – $13,500 |
| Miami | $3,000 – $13,000 |
Based on ASPS, CareCredit, GoodRx, and RealSelf data · Last checked August 2026 · Full methodology →
Don't see your city? The national calculator still applies — it's simply not broken out to your specific metro yet. We also have statewide pages for Texas and Florida built from the city data above. See the methodology page for how each figure above was sourced and cross-checked.
Typing "BBL cost near me" into a search bar tells you almost nothing on its own, because Brazilian butt lift pricing swings more by geography than by almost any other single factor. Two patients getting the exact same standard fat-transfer BBL, same graft volume, same surgeon experience level, can pay $6,000 apart just because one lives in a lower cost-of-living metro and the other lives somewhere real estate, malpractice insurance, and surgical facility overhead all run higher. That's the whole reason we built this page instead of publishing one national average and calling it done.
Miami is the case study everyone brings up first, and for good reason. It's the highest-volume BBL market in the country, which pulls the average price down to around $6,525, with entry-level quotes starting near $3,000. That sounds like the best deal on this whole page until you look at the safety data: a 2023 study found 92% of South Florida BBL deaths occurred at high-volume, budget-tier clinics, which is exactly the pricing tier that low Miami number represents. A cheap BBL price in a saturated market isn't automatically a red flag, but it isn't automatically a bargain either.
Move away from Florida and the picture shifts. Dallas and Houston both run higher on average than Miami, and Houston in particular stretches up to $20,000 for advanced high-definition technique. Atlanta, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and New York City sit in a similar upper band, generally $9,000 to $20,000, reflecting both higher facility costs and a larger share of practices quoting all-inclusive, premium packages rather than a stripped-down starting price. Chicago and San Francisco land somewhere between the Miami floor and the coastal ceiling.
A word of caution before you use any city page, this one included, to comparison shop: two practices in the same city can quote numbers thousands of dollars apart depending on whether the figure includes anesthesia, facility fees, and post-op garments, or just the surgeon's own fee. Always ask a specific practice what their number actually covers before treating it as comparable to any range shown here. And whichever city you're in, the safety criteria on our safety page matter more to your outcome than which metro you happen to live in.
Miami, by a real margin. Its average of $6,525 and entry-level quotes starting near $3,000 make it the least expensive major metro in our data, but that low end is also where the safety data gets uncomfortable. Cheapest and safest aren't the same list here, so read the pricing alongside the safety context, not instead of it.
Houston and New York City both reach up to $20,000 at the top of their ranges, largely driven by advanced high-definition technique and premium, all-inclusive practices. Atlanta and Beverly Hills aren't far behind. None of these cities has a hard ceiling; a handful of practices in any premium market can quote above what's shown here.
It depends heavily on which California market you mean. Los Angeles runs roughly $9,000 to $20,000, Beverly Hills specifically runs $8,000 to $20,000 with most patients landing around $10,000 to $14,000, and San Diego and San Francisco both sit a bit lower, generally $9,000 to $18,000. There's no single statewide California number worth quoting; see the city pages for each metro's own sourced range.
New York City runs $10,000 to $20,000, with a broader market average around $9,453. That's one of the higher ranges in our dataset, consistent with New York's cost of living generally. We don't have separately sourced figures for markets outside NYC proper.
Chicago-area pricing runs $8,000 to $20,000, with all-inclusive starting prices around $10,995 for a standard BBL and $12,995 for a skinny BBL at some practices. That's a wide range, and it reflects real variation between mid-tier and premium Chicago practices rather than one clean average.
Not in a clean, consistent way. New York City and Beverly Hills both sit toward the top of our range, so the two coasts aren't dramatically different overall. What matters more than which coast you're on is whether you're in a high cost-of-living metro or a more moderate one; Dallas, for instance, runs meaningfully lower than either coast's premium markets.
Generally, yes, though we only have sourced data for ten major metros, so we can't quote a specific smaller-city number responsibly. Lower facility overhead and less competition for top-tier surgeons in smaller markets often mean lower prices, but it can also mean fewer board-certified, high-volume BBL specialists to choose from. That tradeoff is worth weighing, not just the price gap.
Think carefully before doing this purely for savings. Traveling for a lower quote adds the same follow-up-care and revision-access complications that come with any distant surgeon, domestic or international, on a smaller scale. A few thousand dollars saved isn't worth losing easy access to your own surgeon if something needs attention afterward.
Because practices don't all quote the same thing. Some list a starting surgeon's fee; others give an all-inclusive total that already covers facility, anesthesia, and garments. Two quotes $4,000 apart in the same city might actually be close once you know what each one includes, so always ask directly rather than assuming a lower number is automatically the better deal.
Normalize what each quote actually includes before comparing the number itself, surgeon's fee only versus a true all-in total. Then weigh the quote against the surgeon's board certification and safety protocol, not just price and location. A cheaper city doesn't help you if the surgeon you'd end up choosing there isn't one you'd choose on safety grounds alone.
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