1Oculoplastic surgeon
Blepharoplasty in the Tucson area: best eyelid surgeons
Ranked on the eyelid work each surgeon shows: before-and-after photos, training and the eyelid operations they do. Covers every practice within 25 miles of the area's center, in Arizona.
The top 25 on the map
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank in the Tucson area.
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeonsOther specialists
Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The top 10 in the Tucson area
Color shows the specialty. The name opens the surgeon's profile or practice.
2Plastic surgeon
Dr. Anthony Admire, MD
3Plastic surgeon
Dr. Arun Rao, MD
4Plastic surgeon
Dr. Christopher Maloney, MD
5Plastic surgeon
Dr. Marco Swanson, MD
6Plastic surgeon
Dr. James Rough, MD
7Facial plastic surgeon
Dr. Jerold Olson, MD
8Plastic surgeon
Dr. Raman Mahabir, MD
9Plastic surgeon
Dr. Silvia Kurtovic, MD
10Plastic surgeon
Dr. Ethan Larson, MD
The Tucson area list
Ranked on the eyelid work each surgeon shows. The name opens the practice's eyelid page; "before and after" opens the eyelid gallery.
| # | Surgeon |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Dustin Heringer, MD Oculoplastic surgeonaofps.com · Top 500 #31 |
| 2 | Dr. Anthony Admire, MD Plastic surgeonadmireplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #231 |
| 3 | Dr. Arun Rao, MD Plastic surgeonraoplasticsurgery.com |
| 4 | Dr. Christopher Maloney, MD Plastic surgeonmaloneyplasticsurgery.com |
| 5 | Dr. Marco Swanson, MD Plastic surgeondermplasticsaz.com |
| 6 | Dr. James Rough, MD Plastic surgeondrjamesplasticsurgery.com |
| 7 | Dr. Jerold Olson, MD Facial plastic surgeonfoothillsfacialplasticsurgery.com |
| 8 | Dr. Raman Mahabir, MD Plastic surgeontucsonplasticsurgery.com |
| 9 | Dr. Silvia Kurtovic, MD Plastic surgeontucsonplasticsurgery.com |
| 10 | Dr. Ethan Larson, MD Plastic surgeonlarsonplasticsurgery.com |
| 11 | Dr. Soofia Rubbani, MD Oculoplastic surgeontucsoncosmetics.com |
| 12 | Dr. Craig Hurst, MD Plastic surgeonhurstplasticsurgery.com |
| 13 | Dr. Sven Sandeen, MD Plastic surgeonsandeenandlee.com |
| 14 | Dr. Gwendolyn Maxwell, MD Plastic surgeonmaxwell-aesthetics.com |
| 15 | Dr. Kurt Reinke, MD Plastic surgeonsancheznavarroplasticsurgery.com |
| 16 | Dr. Aaron Mason, MD Plastic surgeonmedicine.arizona.edu |
| 17 | Dr. Kathleen Duerksen, MD Oculoplastic surgeondrduerksen.com |
| 18 | Dr. Leslie Neems, MD Oculoplastic surgeontucsoneyecare.com |
| 19 | Dr. Elizabeth Lee, MD Plastic surgeonsandeenandlee.com |
| 20 | Dr. Mikel Lo, MD Oculoplastic surgeonaboutfacescosmetic.com |
| 21 | Dr. Peter Kay, MD Plastic surgeondrpeterkay.com |
| 22 | Dr. Philip Fleishman, MD Plastic surgeonzvab.com |
| 23 | Dr. Wyatt Ho, MD Plastic surgeonsoazplasticsurgery.com |
| 24 | Dr. Norman Ahl, MD Oculoplastic surgeondrnormanahl.com |
| 25 | Dr. Lynn Polonski, MD Other specialistcatalinaeye.com |
| 26 | Dr. Melanie Mccarty, MD Other specialisttucson2020.com |
| 27 | Dr. Archana Reddy, MD Other specialisttucson2020.com |
| 28 | Dr. Brock Bakewell, MD Other specialisttucson2020.com |
| 29 | Dr. Lauren Kaplan, MD Other specialisttucson2020.com |
| 30 | Dr. Michael Diesenhouse, MD Other specialisttucson2020.com |
| 31 | Dr. Sean Mccafferty, MD Insurance-based |
Cities in the Tucson area
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Published prices in the Tucson area
Prices practices in the area publish on their own sites.
When insurance pays in the Tucson area
For lids that block vision. This side of eyelid surgery is kept apart from the cosmetic ranking.
The rule
Medicare and private insurers pay when sagging upper-lid skin or a low lid blocks the top of your vision. A visual field test and photographs show the loss before the operation is approved. In the Tucson area, Medicare claims go to Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC, whose rule is L34194.
What it pays
Medicare's average payment to the surgeon in the Tucson area is $763 for an upper blepharoplasty and $767 for a ptosis repair (2024). The surgery center or hospital is paid separately. You pay your deductible and coinsurance; any cosmetic part of the same operation is billed to you.
Surgeons who do the most insurance-covered eyelid surgery in the Tucson area
| # | Surgeon | Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Kathleen Duerksen, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · drduerksen.com | 911 |
| 2 | Dr. Dustin Heringer, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · aofps.com | 885 |
| 3 | Dr. Lynn Polonski, MD Ophthalmologist · catalinaeye.com | 304 |
| 4 | Dr. Melanie Mccarty, MD Ophthalmologist · tucson2020.com | 193 |
| 5 | Dr. Sean Mccafferty, MD Ophthalmologist | 67 |
| 6 | Dr. Leslie Neems, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · tucsoneyecare.com | 52 |
From Medicare's records of each surgeon's billed eyelid operations (CMS). Medicare leaves out any operation a surgeon billed fewer than 11 times in a year.
State and region rankings
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Other metro areas in the Southwest
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Procedures
What each operation does, who it suits and how recovery goes.