How much do plastic surgeons make?

By Erin Webb; Updated July 05, 2017 Plastic surgeons are among the highest paid doctors that practice medicine; however, the path to becoming a plastic surgeon is long and demanding. read more

According to health care industry website Medscape, the median income for a plastic surgeon was $270,000 as of 2011. While 54 percent of plastic surgeons earned $300,000 or less per year, 30 percent reported annual incomes of between $300,000 and $500,000, and 16 percent made $500,000 or more per year. read more

Compensation for anesthesiology, ortho, optho, derm, radiology and even dentistry is much higher than for plastic surgery. A lot of community surgeons do free flap breast recon; this can take 8-12 hours (if there are no problems with anastomosis). read more