Breast Augmentation in Colombia: 2026 Prices, What the Implants Cost, and How to Check Your Surgeon

How much breast augmentation costs in Colombia

Three Colombian practices publish a price for breast augmentation with implants. Each price is a starting point or a range, and each practice confirms the figure after examining you.

Peso prices were converted at COP 3,237.83 per dollar, the official rate (TRM) for November 9, 2026 (TRM open data), rounded to $10. Ask for your quote in the currency you will actually pay.

Dr. Gutiérrez gives both a dollar and a peso figure. At today's rate the peso figure is about $3,780, so the dollar price is the higher of the two. Ask which one applies to you. She lists a breast lift or implant removal from $5,900, and Ciruplástica a lift with implants from COP 17,000,000 (about $5,250).

In the United States, Cherry puts breast augmentation at $6,000 to $12,000, including surgeon, anesthesia, facility and implants (Cherry). Against those figures, the Colombian prices above are roughly a third to a half lower before travel.

Ask what implant you are getting

None of the three pages says plainly whether the implants themselves are in the price, and implants are a large part of the bill. Ask for the brand, the model and the size range in writing, and whether a different size or brand changes the price. Implants are medical devices, and in Colombia they need a sanitary registration from INVIMA, which you can look up online (INVIMA). Keep the implant card. A U.S. surgeon will need it if you ever have a problem.

FDA lists the known risks of breast implants, including capsular contracture, rupture, the need for more operations over time, and a rare lymphoma linked mainly to textured implants (BIA-ALCL) (FDA). Implants are not lifetime devices. Budget for the possibility of a future operation in the United States.

Augmentation, lift or both

An implant adds volume; it does not lift a breast that has dropped. If your nipple sits low, a surgeon may suggest a lift (mastopexy), alone or with an implant. A lift costs more and leaves more scars. Ciruplástica lists a lift without implants from COP 16,000,000 and with implants from COP 17,000,000 (Ciruplástica). If one surgeon says you need a lift and another says you do not, ask each one why, with photos.

Combining breast surgery with other procedures

Colombian practices often sell breast augmentation as part of a "mommy makeover" with a tummy tuck and liposuction. Dr. Gutiérrez lists a mommy makeover without implants (lift, tummy tuck and liposuction) from $8,300 and with implants from $9,200 (Dr. Gutiérrez). Ciruplástica lists one from COP 31,000,000, about $9,570 (Ciruplástica), and Dr. Correa's English page gives $9,500 to $14,200 at the October 29 exchange rate (Dr. Correa).

A combined operation saves one recovery and one trip, but it is a longer anesthetic and a bigger wound, and the risk of blood clots rises with operating time. Ask the surgeon how long the combined operation will take and whether it would be safer to split it into two stages. A single augmentation is a short operation; a full makeover is not.

How long to stay

None of the three practices gives a stay length for breast augmentation on the pages we read. CDC advises waiting 10 to 14 days before flying after major surgery, particularly surgery on the chest, because flying raises the risk of blood clots (CDC). Plan your return flight accordingly and confirm with the surgeon when your last checkup will be.

Checking the surgeon and the operating room

Ask each practice for the surgeon's full name and Colombian ID number, and look the surgeon up in ReTHUS, where doctors and their specialties are registered (ReTHUS). The SCCP, Colombia's plastic surgery society, has a public member search (SCCP); membership is not required by law, but it shows the surgeon trained in the specialty. The surgeons listed here describe themselves as members; treat that as their statement until you have checked.

Then ask where the operation will take place. That site must be registered in REPS with surgery enabled, and the badge must be on display (Resolución 3100 de 2019). Bogotá's health department tells patients to check both registers after receiving 282 complaints about cosmetic services in 17 months, most about unlicensed sites (Alcaldía de Bogotá).

The travel advisory

Colombia carries a Level 3, "Reconsider Travel", rating from the State Department, last updated in March 2026, for crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping and natural disasters. Bogotá and Medellín are outside its Level 4 departments, but the advisory notes that drugging and armed break-ins, including at hotels, happen in some regions, and that U.S. government employees may not use street taxis or public transportation (State Department).

Its health section adds that cosmetic surgery quality varies widely in Colombia, that U.S. citizens have died after elective surgery, and that legal options after malpractice are limited. Medicare will not cover a complication treated abroad (Medicare.gov).

Questions to ask before you pay a deposit

• Are the implants included? Which brand and model, and is it INVIMA-registered?
• Smooth or textured implants, and why?
• Where will I be operated on, and is that clinic in REPS? Who gives the anesthesia?
• What happens, and who pays, if I need a second operation for a complication?
• How many days do you want me in the city, and what follow-up is included?

Our guide to breast augmentation in Mexico shows prices across the border, and this page covers U.S. costs.