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How long is bilateral breast reduction surgery?

The average bilateral breast reduction surgery takes from two to four hours. After the surgery is performed, you’ll be taken to the recovery area and monitored while you wake up from the surgery. Some patients will spend the night at the hospital, while others will be allowed to return home the same day. Your surgeon will advise you on if you’ll need to spend the night at the hospital.

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* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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