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The 25 Best Cities in America for a Tummy Tuck (2026)

Not the most surgeons — the best combination of choice and quality. We scored every US city of 50,000+ with at least 3 tummy-tuck surgeons on two things that matter when you're choosing where to have surgery: how many surgeons you can choose from per 100k residents, and how well-rated those practices are (median Google rating across the city's practices). Multiply the two and you get this list. Ratings are patient opinions, not endorsements — always verify board certification at the ABPS. Updated 2026-07-17.

The ranking

Edina, Minnesota tops the list — 21 surgeons for 54k people (39.2 per 100k) with a median rating of 4.8★, edging out Newport Beach, California (36.2 per 100k at 4.9★). Density per resident is largely a mid-size-city game, and quality tends to travel with it. 15 states place at least one city.

#CitySurgeonsPopulationPer 100kMedian ratingScore
1 Edina, MN 21 53,564 39.2 4.8★ 188.2
2 Newport Beach, CA 30 82,970 36.2 4.9★ 177.2
3 Draper, UT 18 50,166 35.9 4.9★ 175.8
4 Lancaster, PA 20 58,441 34.2 4.8★ 166
5 Sarasota, FL 19 57,764 32.9 4.9★ 161.2
6 Coral Gables, FL 16 50,379 31.8 4.9★ 155.6
7 Alpharetta, GA 21 67,275 31.2 4.9★ 153
8 Troy, MI 28 89,209 31.4 4.8★ 150.7
9 Palo Alto, CA 20 67,658 29.6 4.7★ 138.9
10 Galveston, TX 14 53,538 26.1 5★ 130.7
11 Walnut Creek, CA 19 70,817 26.8 4.8★ 128.8
12 Greenville, SC 20 74,371 26.9 4.7★ 126.4
13 Palm Desert, CA 14 53,147 26.3 4.8★ 125.1
14 Pensacola, FL 14 53,898 26 4.8★ 124.7
15 Santa Barbara, CA 22 87,291 25.2 4.9★ 123.5
16 Marietta, GA 16 63,122 25.3 4.8★ 122.9
17 Chapel Hill, NC 16 64,028 25 4.9★ 122.4
18 Novi, MI 16 67,675 23.6 5★ 118.2
19 Greenwich, CT 15 64,594 23.2 5★ 116.1
20 Boca Raton, FL 24 102,238 23.5 4.9★ 115
21 Huntersville, NC 15 67,087 22.4 4.9★ 109.6
22 Carmel, IN 23 103,606 22.2 4.9★ 108.8
23 Canton, OH 16 69,211 23.1 4.7★ 108.7
24 White Plains, NY 14 62,561 22.4 4.8★ 108.5
25 Oak Lawn, IL 13 56,531 23 4.7★ 108.1

Click any city for its full surgeon lineup. Rating reflects patient reviews, not clinical outcomes — do your own vetting and confirm certification with the ABPS.

Cite this data

Suggested attribution: “The 25 Best Cities in America for a Tummy Tuck” — TummyTuckDoctors.net, 2026, linked to https://www.tummytuckdoctors.net/tummy-tuck-cost/best-cities/. The tables are CC BY 4.0: chart them, quote them, publish them — just link back. All prices are estimates that vary by surgeon, technique, and facility. Want a custom cut (by state, metro, or group)? Email us.

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Methodology: surgeon counts and Google ratings from our continuously maintained national directory (11,866 tummy-tuck practices, 1,133,093 public patient reviews; non-surgical med-spas and unrelated clinics excluded). Eligibility: city population ≥ 50,000 (US Census 2024 estimates) and ≥ 3 surgeons. Score = (surgeons ÷ population × 100,000) × median Google rating of the city's practices. Cities are rolled up by the city name practices list on their address, so suburbs score separately from their metro anchor. Ratings are patient opinions, not medical advice, and are no substitute for verifying board certification at the ABPS. More lenses: America's surgeon capitals (raw counts and per-capita), the cost hub, and the best-rated surgeons by state.