A verified, English-speaking surgeon you meet by video before you fly. One all-in AUD price with nothing hidden. Complication cover that follows you home. And an Australian team beside you the whole way.
Credentials and outcomes checked before any surgeon joins the panel
Free with every surgery, valid 180 days after you're home
Surgery, flights, hotel, transfers and insurance in a single AUD figure
Savings vs typical Australian pricing
Travelling for surgery only works when the surgeon, the price, the support and the cover are all settled up front. That's the whole of what we do — and here's exactly how each part works.
You tell us the procedure, the result you want and when you'd like to travel. We come back with a shortlist of SBCP-verified specialists whose training and case history actually fit what you're asking for.
Every surgeon is credential-checked against the Conselho Regional de Medicina and speaks English well enough to consult with you directly by video before you book anything.
Nuviya estimates your total cost up front — surgeon, hospital and anaesthetist fees, flights, accommodation, transfers, your Brazilian e-visa, Nuviya's support fee and your complimentary medical travel insurance.
Through our Australian finance partner, Total Lifestyle Credit, a A$15,000 package comes to about A$60.50 a week over 7 years.*
From the first call to the day you're home, you have a named Australian coordinator. They brief your surgeon, build your itinerary and stay reachable while you're away.
In Brazil you're met at the airport, driven to every appointment and checked on daily through recovery. Nothing about the trip is left for you to work out in a second language.
Every Nuviya patient travels with complimentary medical travel insurance: US$25,000 of surgical complication cover that stays active for 180 days after you land back in Australia.
It sits alongside standard travel cover for medical events, cancellation and baggage — arranged before you fly, with the policy documents in your plan rather than buried in an inbox.
*Weekly repayment is based on an estimated total package cost of A$15,000 financed over 84 months (7 years) at an interest rate of 9.49% p.a., including a A$300 establishment fee and a A$0 monthly account servicing fee. Monthly repayment A$262.17. Total amount payable A$22,000. Comparison rate 10.93% p.a. Payment terms range from 24 to 84 months. Payment plans provided by TLC Pty Ltd (Total Lifestyle Credit), ACN 623 119 219, Australian Credit Licence 509691. For approved applicants only. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. Interest rates differ depending on a number of factors, including the information you provide TLC and their assessment of your application. All applications are subject to TLC's lending and approval criteria. Speak to TLC direct for a quote based on your personal circumstances and for the full terms and conditions. A full credit and financial assessment would need to be completed prior to acceptance of any offer or product. Nuviya does not provide credit and does not assess applications. WARNING: The comparison rate is true only for the example given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.
Australian figures are typical surgery-only prices. The Brazil figure is everything — surgery, flights, accommodation, transfers, insurance and our service fee.
Save A$6,800tummy tuck
Australia
A$19,500
Brazil all-in from
A$12,700
Save A$3,500Australia
A$15,500
Brazil all-in from
A$12,000
Save A$12,700rhytidectomy
Australia
A$28,000
Brazil all-in from
A$15,300
Brazil figures are “from” prices — the most affordable surgeon on the Nuviya panel for that procedure. You may choose a different surgeon at a different price.
Most people are not weighing surgery against nothing — they are weighing it against a number they would have to find all at once. Spreading the cost changes the decision from a lump sum to a weekly amount you can plan around, and it lets you choose your surgeon on merit rather than on what you happen to have saved.
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), all-in from A$12,700, financed over 7 years.
Set the repayment where it sits comfortably.
Not by Nuviya.
We do not provide credit and we do not assess your application.
Pay the package directly — it changes nothing about your match.
*Weekly repayment is based on an estimated total package cost of A$12,700 as the total amount financed over 84 months (7 years) at an interest rate of 9.49% p.a., including a A$300 establishment fee and a A$0 monthly account servicing fee. A comparison rate of 10.93% p.a. applies to an 84-month example and will differ for other amounts and terms. Payment plans provided by our Australian credit partner. For approved applicants only. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. Interest rates differ depending on a number of factors, including the information you provide our Australian credit partner and its assessment of your application. All applications are subject to our Australian credit partner's lending and approval criteria. Speak to our Australian credit partner directly for a quote based on your circumstances and for the full terms and conditions.
WARNING: The comparison rate is true only for the example given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate.
Every surgeon in the Nuviya network is individually verified. We check board certification, specialist experience and real patient outcomes.
Active SBCP registration, medical licence and national provider number checked before joining.
Fellowship-level plastic surgery training plus continuous education in modern Brazilian techniques.
We partner with surgeons who have extensive specialist experience in the procedures they offer.
Reviews are sourced from real Doctoralia and Google profiles, then normalised and de-duplicated.
Each profile shows representative case photos with procedure context, captured by Nuviya or the surgeon.
Surgery takes place at accredited hospitals such as HOSP 9 de Julho and Hospital Sírio-Libanês.
Verification is repeated annually and after any disciplinary event. We do not accept paid placement.
Most travel insurance excludes anything arising from elective surgery you travelled overseas to have. Nuviya Medical Travel Insurance is built for medical travel instead of around it.
Nuviya pays the premium. Enrolment is automatic once your surgery date is confirmed.
Including further medical or surgical treatment if a covered complication arises.
A covered complication diagnosed within 180 days of your procedure can be treated in Australia.
Emergency medical cover for accident or illness while you are travelling.
Plus a 24/7/365 English-language emergency assistance line.
Trip cancellation, outbound delay and baggage benefits are part of the cover.
Nuviya Medical Travel Insurance is provided under a group policy held by Nuviya Tech Ltda. through Global Protective Solutions and underwritten by Optimum Global Insurance Company Limited (registered in Guernsey; GFSC ref. 2267099). Cover is subject to the policy terms, limits, conditions and exclusions. All amounts shown are in US dollars. This is general information only and is not financial product advice or a recommendation.
Pick a procedure and your departure city. We'll show your estimated all-in cost in Brazil — surgery, flights, hotel, insurance and the lot — against the typical Australian price.
Choose your procedure
Build your trip
Estimated all-in cost in Brazil
Typical AU cost
A$19,500
Market range A$13,000 – A$28,000
Potential savings
A$4,900 – A$6,000
Cost breakdown
Plan to stay
Brazil figures are “from” prices — the most affordable surgeon on the Nuviya panel for that procedure. You may choose a different surgeon at a different price. Flights and accommodation are shown as ranges. This is a general estimate — your matched surgeon provides exact package pricing. All figures in AUD.
Estimates use indicative 2026 ranges. Australian figures are procedure-only (surgeon, hospital, anaesthesia) and exclude items Australians also pay separately, such as garments, follow-ups and lymphatic drainage — so real-world savings are often a little larger. Your matched surgeon provides exact, written package pricing.
Five simple steps, with Nuviya beside you the whole way.
Click on each step to learn more about each step.
We get to know your goals, your budget and how you like to travel — then match you to the right surgeon.
MyNuviya is where your trip actually gets run. Flights, accommodation, your surgeon agreement, payments, pre-departure health checks and every task along the way — tracked in one place, with your Nuviya consultant working alongside you.
Around 100,000 Australians travel overseas for cosmetic and medical procedures each year, most often to Thailand, Turkey, South Korea or Malaysia. Those are real options with skilled surgeons. Here's an honest look at where Brazil stands apart — and the one risk every Australian medical-tourism body warns about, which Nuviya is built to remove.
São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro
The Nuviya Standard
Every surgeon is verified, English-speaking and hand-picked.
Bangkok & Phuket
Global rank
Top 10
Specialist depth
Large, clinic-led
Flight time
9–11 hrs
English-speaking surgeon
Common in international hospitals
Istanbul & Antalya
Global rank
Top 5
Specialist depth
Large, high-volume
Flight time
18–22 hrs
English-speaking surgeon
Variable
Seoul (Gangnam) & Busan
Global rank
Top 10
Specialist depth
Strong in facial work
Flight time
10–13 hrs
English-speaking surgeon
Variable
Speak with a Nuviya consultant within 1 business day.
Brazil's surgeons operate at the highest volumes in the world, especially in body contouring. Every procedure below has its own pricing detail on the prices page.
You can get superb, equivalent surgical care in either city, so the real choice is about the recovery around it. They are 50 minutes apart by air.
Warm, outdoors and beachfront. Brazil's surgical heartland, with the flat, walkable Zona Sul making the gentle daily walks recovery needs easy. Mild, dry autumn–winter (Apr–Sep, ~22–27°C) is ideal recovery weather.
Explore Rio de Janeiro
Fast, cosmopolitan and closer in feel to Melbourne. Home to the top-ranked hospitals on the continent, a milder, more temperate climate, and slightly cheaper accommodation than Rio de Janeiro's Zona Sul.
Explore São Paulo
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Written by Chloe Walker, with co-authors Dr Leandro Gregório and Ash Frenken
A rare partnership between deep tech innovation and top-tier surgical mastery — combining data, intelligence, and decades of operating room experience.
Meet Ash Frenken, our CEO and Co-Founder. An Australian-born technology entrepreneur now based in Brazil, Ash leads Nuviya's vision to combine technology, trusted medical networks and financial clarity into a safer, smarter patient experience.
Dr. Leandro Gregório is a Brazilian born board-certified plastic surgeon based in São Paulo. As Nuviya's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Co-Founder, he oversees Nuviya's clinical standards and surgeon network, ensuring every partner meets rigorous medical and ethical criteria.
Chloe Walker is the visionary founder and CEO of Pirk, one of the world's first cosmetic surgeon marketplaces dedicated to bringing transparency, safety and clarity to the cosmetic and plastic surgery industry. She now serves as Nuviya's Director of Medical Tourism, leading our dedicated Medical Tourism vertical and helping international patients navigate every step of the cosmetic surgery journey with clarity, safety and confidence.
Brazil performs more aesthetic surgery than any country on earth and has the deepest specialist pool — around 7,800 board-certified plastic surgeons. It's especially strong in body contouring, tummy tucks and mummy makeovers, with a modern focus on natural results. The trade-off is distance; the upside is world-leading expertise.
Your trip unfolds in Brazil's most prosperous districts — Rio de Janeiro's beachfront Zona Sul and São Paulo's Jardins and Itaim. Brazil welcomed 9.3M international visitors in 2025. Apply normal big-city common sense — and with a concierge and drivers, you're living the lowest-risk version of the city.
Every Nuviya surgeon is independently verified: CRM (medical licence), RQE (specialist registration), and SBCP membership — Brazil's highest standard. We also check ethical standing.
One stop, via Santiago: Qantas Sydney–Santiago non-stop with LATAM codeshare onward; LATAM Melbourne–Santiago; Brisbane via Sydney or Auckland. Total ~19–23 hours.
We match you to a verified, English-speaking surgeon and coordinate your entire journey: video consultation, surgical agreement and payment, flights, accommodation, insurance, e-Visa, airport pickup, transfers, concierge support, and pre-departure and post-return medical exams in Australia.
Start with a free, no-obligation conversation and surgeon match. Exact surgeon package pricing comes from your matched surgeon after your consultation.
See how much you could save, meet the surgeons we'd match you with, and let Nuviya handle the rest.
