Brazil Hospital Costs

Around 40 percent of Brazil’s foreign patients choose to have treatment in Sao Paulo, considered to be the hub of the medical tourism industry in the country. The Brazilian health and medical services sector is well-developed, especially in the larger cities where there are sizable percentages of wealthy residents. Sao Paulo’s main health facility is the Hospital das Clinicas. You’ll find English-speaking staff at the better hospitals and clinics of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Total expenditures for a variety of procedures in Brazil typically run from one-third to one-half of normal costs in the US. Average prices for plastic surgery, for example, show that the cost of breast augmentation is around US$3,800 (compared to US$8,000 in the US); breast reduction, US$3,200 (US$9,000 in the US); a face lift, US$4,500 (as opposed to US$15,000 in the US) and rhinoplasty, US$2,100 (US$6,000 in the US). A complete liposuction procedure will cost around US$4,700 ($13,500 in the US) and gluteal augmentation is priced at about US$4,200 (US$9,500 in the US).