The short answers

What to ask for: One itemised documentA total with no list underneath it cannot be compared with anything.
Prices on this page: None, deliberatelyThis publisher holds no verified price data, so this page is about what a quote names, not what it says.
Anaesthesia: General anaesthesiaAdministered by an anaesthetist, with a pre-operative fitness assessment beforehand.
Hospital stay: Usually one nightSome straightforward cases are managed as a day procedure.
Splint removal: Around day 6 to 8The external splint protects the reshaped framework while it stabilises.
Usual revision waiting period: At least 12 months after the previous operationOperating before swelling and scar tissue have settled risks judging the shape wrongly.

A total is not an offer you can check. Two quotes carrying the same number can describe different operations, different aftercare, and different answers on who pays if you stay longer.

Read a quote item by item, then read it again for what is absent. What rhinoplasty in Istanbul costs explains why totals differ. This page is the checklist.

The line items a quote should name

A quote should name each item below, or say plainly that it does not. Either answer is usable. Silence is the one that can change later.

The operation and the surgeon. Named in full, including whether the septum and the airway are part of it, and who operates.
The anaesthetist. General anaesthesia is administered by an anaesthetist, with a pre-operative fitness assessment beforehand.
The facility. Which hospital, and how long the bed is held.
Grafts or implants. Cartilage may be taken from the septum, the ear or, in larger reconstructions, a rib.
The nights. Hospital stay is usually one night, and a second night should already be written down.
Splint removal. Around day 6 to 8, later than an offer covering the operating day.
Aftercare and travel. Who follows you up at home, and what happens to transfers if the dates move.

What sits inside the total

Mark each item as named or not named: what the quote omits still has a price, and what changes the price explains which items move it.

A reading list, not a survey of what quotes usually contain.
Line item	If the quote names it	If the quote is silent
Anaesthetist	Inside the total you have seen.	A separate fee can follow.
Facility and theatre	Settled with the rest.	The hospital may bill you.
Grafts or implants	Materials and donor site included.	A graft decided in theatre can be extra.
A second night	The condition is written down.	It is agreed while you recover.
Splint removal and review	The day 6 to 8 visit is covered.	The visit ending the trip can be billed.
Follow-up, transfers, hotel	Named, with a period attached.	Changed dates can land on you.
Complications and revision	The policy comes with the quote.	It is decided at the time.

All inclusive is not a list

A phrase is not an itemisation. Ask for the list behind it, in the same document as the total.

The revision policy, in writing

The line that matters most concerns an operation nobody has had yet. Ask for the revision policy as a document, not as a message.

The usual waiting period is at least 12 months after the previous operation, because operating before swelling and scar tissue have settled risks judging the shape wrongly.

A policy that lapses before that date has lapsed before it could be used. Ask how long it stands, what it covers, and who decides whether a revision is warranted.

What is not included if a complication occurs

A quote prices the operation that goes to plan. Ask in writing what it does not price if one does not.

An unplanned extra night, and the care with it.
A return to theatre, and who is billed.
Treatment at a hospital other than the one named.
A changed flight, and the days off work behind it.
Care at home, from someone who did not operate.

This is not a reason to expect a complication, only a reason to settle it beforehand. Warning signs in recovery sets out what to act on.

Ask before the deposit, not after it

A question asked before a deposit carries more weight than the same question after one. Four of them belong in a single message.

Send the quote as a document, itemised, with my name and a date.
List the exclusions by name, in that same document.
State what the deposit secures, and when it is returned.
State who else is paid from this total, and whether they are licensed.

The last one has a legal edge. Article 6(1)(e) of the health tourism regulation bars a Turkish health facility from procuring intermediary services from an unlicensed party. Where an agency arranged the trip, ask both for the licence.

A quote says nothing about who operates

An itemised quote is still a commercial document, and it describes a price rather than a plan. Ask the person named on it what they propose to do to your nose and why. Our doctors answer that in writing.

One sentence to take from this page: ask for it in writing, itemised, before you pay a deposit.

Questions to ask a surgeon

Take these to a consultation. The consultation checklist is built to be printed and written on, and our doctors will answer questions sent through the site before you travel.

Can you send the quote as an itemised document rather than a total, with a date on it?
Does it cover the anaesthetist, the hospital, the splint and the medication I go home with?
What would a second night in hospital mean, and who decides that I need one?
If a graft is needed once you have started, is that inside this total?
What is the written revision policy, how long does it stand, and who decides whether a revision is warranted?
If a complication is treated after I fly home, who provides that care and who is billed for it?

Sources

Every source below was opened and checked. We link to health authorities, peer-reviewed journals and professional bodies, and to nothing else.

Thinking of having cosmetic surgery abroad?Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandIndependent professional guidance on questions to ask before travelling.
Cosmetic surgery abroadNHS, United KingdomNational health authority advice on the specific risks of travelling for surgery. Linked deliberately, because patients should read it.
Regulation on International Health Tourism and Tourist Health (26 April 2025)Resmi Gazete, Official Gazette of the Republic of TurkiyeThe regulation currently in force governing health tourism authorisation in Turkey. An earlier 2023 instrument was checked and found to be repealed.