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America's Surgeon Capitals (2026)

Where in America are tummy-tuck surgeons easiest to find? We mapped 11,866 US plastic surgery practices, rolled them up by city, and ranked the results two ways — raw count, and practices per resident. More surgeons nearby means more quotes to compare and shorter drives; wherever you land, verify board certification with the ABPS before you book. Updated 2026-07-17.

The most surgeons, period

By raw count the biggest markets win, as you'd expect — Miami leads with 74 practices. The interesting rows are further down: mid-size cities sit shoulder to shoulder with metros several times their size.

#CitySurgeonsPopulationPer 100k
1 Miami, FL 74 487,014 15.2
2 New York, NY 60 8,478,072 0.7
3 Dallas, TX 60 1,326,087 4.5
4 Houston, TX 57 2,390,125 2.4
5 Chicago, IL 56 2,721,308 2.1
6 Atlanta, GA 55 520,070 10.6
7 San Antonio, TX 50 1,526,656 3.3
8 Austin, TX 41 993,588 4.1
9 St. Louis, MO 41 279,695 14.7
10 Pittsburgh, PA 38 307,668 12.4
11 Beverly Hills, CA 36 31,027 116
12 Cincinnati, OH 36 314,915 11.4
13 Fort Lauderdale, FL 35 190,641 18.4
14 Rochester, NY 33 207,282 15.9
15 Scottsdale, AZ 33 246,170 13.4

New York's boroughs are listed the way practices list themselves — a borough sits in its own row (census population isn't tracked at borough level in our source, hence any dash).

Major cities (500k+), per resident

Divide by population and the story changes. Among big cities, Atlanta, Georgia has the most tummy-tuck surgeons per resident at 10.6 per 100k. A big metro doesn't have to have the most practices in America; the per-resident leaders are the cities where surgeons are densest relative to the population they serve.

#CitySurgeonsPopulationPer 100k
1 Atlanta, GA 55 520,070 10.6
2 Dallas, TX 60 1,326,087 4.5
3 Sacramento, CA 24 535,798 4.5
4 Oklahoma City, OK 31 712,919 4.3
5 Las Vegas, NV 29 678,922 4.3
6 Tucson, AZ 24 554,013 4.3
7 Austin, TX 41 993,588 4.1
8 Portland, OR 24 635,749 3.8
9 Nashville, TN 27 729,505 3.7
10 Albuquerque, NM 20 560,326 3.6
11 Fresno, CA 20 550,105 3.6
12 San Francisco, CA 28 827,526 3.4

Mid-size cities (100k+), per resident

Open the field to every city of 100,000+ with at least 5 practices and the mid-size cities take over — Boca Raton, Florida tops the country at 23.5 surgeons per 100k residents.

#CitySurgeonsPopulationPer 100k
1 Boca Raton, FL 24 102,238 23.5
2 Carmel, IN 23 103,606 22.2
3 San Mateo, CA 21 103,006 20.4
4 Sugar Land, TX 21 109,851 19.1
5 Torrance, CA 26 139,576 18.6
6 Fort Lauderdale, FL 35 190,641 18.4
7 Wilmington, NC 22 125,284 17.6
8 Lafayette, LA 21 122,280 17.2
9 Rochester, MN 21 123,624 17
10 Allentown, PA 21 127,138 16.5
11 Gainesville, FL 24 148,720 16.1
12 Pasadena, CA 22 137,195 16
13 Green Bay, WI 17 106,311 16
14 Rochester, NY 33 207,282 15.9
15 Dayton, OH 21 136,346 15.4

Cite this data

Suggested attribution: “America's Surgeon Capitals” — TummyTuckDoctors.net, 2026, linked to https://www.tummytuckdoctors.net/tummy-tuck-cost/surgeon-capitals/. 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: practice counts come from our continuously maintained national directory of 11,866 tummy-tuck practices (public business listings + practice sites, filtered to practices that perform tummy tucks — no non-surgical med-spas or unrelated clinics). Cities are rolled up by the city name on each practice's address, so suburbs count separately from their metro anchor. Population = US Census 2024 city estimates (consolidated-government names normalized, e.g. Nashville-Davidson → Nashville). Per-100k = surgeons ÷ population × 100,000. Board certification should always be verified at the ABPS; nothing here is medical advice. More lenses: the tummy tuck cost hub, the best-cities ranking (density × rating), and the best-rated surgeons by state.