The cost guide · Dental
Dental implants in Colombia: what they cost, and how the two trips work
Clinic-published prices, the six-month healing gap nobody advertises, and the three questions to ask before you book a flight.
Medical tourism in Colombia — an independent guide
The Price Index
What Colombian clinics publish on their own sites, against the US average. Updated twice a year.
| Treatment | Colombia | US |
|---|---|---|
| Dental implantimplant + crown, per tooth | $1,000–1,550 | $2,143* |
| All-on-4per arch | $6,900–13,250 | $15,176 |
| Porcelain veneerper tooth | $249–490 | $1,455 |
| Tummy tuckall-in quote vs US surgeon fee | $9,000–9,500 | $8,174† |
| Rhinoplastyall-in quote vs US surgeon fee | $5,000–7,300 | $7,637† |
| Hair transplantFUE, per graft | $1.30 | — |
* US implant average excludes the crown. † US figures for surgery are the ASPS surgeon’s fee only; Colombian quotes usually include anesthesia, operating room and follow-up. Seen September 22, 2026.
In this issue
Dental
Veneers in Colombia: porcelain, composite and the full-set price
Twenty e.max veneers are published from $4,950 in Medellín. What separates a good set from a bad one is the prep, not the price.
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery in Colombia: 2026 prices, and how to read a package
Colombian quotes are usually all-in; US averages are surgeon’s fee only. Here is how to compare them honestly.
Safety & verification
How to verify a surgeon in Colombia, in five minutes
ReTHUS, the SCCP directory and the REPS clinic register — the public lookups every patient should run before paying a deposit.
The Standard — how we work
Read the full policy →- Prices come from the clinic, with a date. Every figure links to the page it was published on and the day we saw it. No invented “average” prices.
- Licences are checkable. We only send readers to clinics whose doctors can be looked up in ReTHUS, Colombia’s national health-workforce register.
- No paid rankings. Clinics may pay for patient inquiries; they cannot pay to be listed, ranked or described differently.
- Risks stay in. Complication data, travel advisories and insurance exclusions are published alongside the savings.
The travel desk
Most treatment trips are also a week or two in Medellín, Bogotá or Cartagena. The practical side — safety, neighborhoods, recovery stays, what to see once you’re cleared to walk.
By the numbers
All statistics →490,944Aesthetic procedures performed in Colombia in 2024 (ISAPS Global Survey)
30%Share of Colombia’s aesthetic patients who come from abroad (ISAPS 2024)
11Colombian hospitals and centers accredited by Joint Commission International
10 daysCDC guidance: don’t fly for 10 days after chest or abdominal surgery