How Much Do Dermal Fillers Cost? 2026 Price Guide

Most clinics that publish prices in 2026 charge $625 to $995 for one syringe of hyaluronic acid filler, which usually holds 1 mL. Lip filler normally takes one syringe, so $625 to $995 in total. Cheeks usually take one or two syringes ($720 to $1,800) and a jawline two or three ($1,440 to $2,850). In Washington, DC, clinics that post a full menu charge $625 to $900 a syringe.

Two things matter more than the headline number. The first is how much product your plan really needs. Menus price one syringe at a time, but the FDA trials behind popular dermal fillers used more than that: in the trial behind Juvéderm Voluma’s approval for cheeks, the median patient received 6.6 mL. The second is safety. The FDA’s most serious warning about filler is accidental injection into a blood vessel. It is rare, but it can cause tissue death or blindness, so ask whether the enzyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid filler is kept on site before you ask about price.

Here is what clinics charge, and what the evidence says about the rest.

What clinics published in 2026, by area

Every price below comes from a clinic’s own website, read on October 18, 2026. None of them are survey averages.

The pattern holds across cities: lips cost the least per syringe, and the firmer fillers used for cheeks, chin and jaw cost more. At most clinics the gap is $100 to $270 a syringe. Arta Medical Spa in DC is the exception, at $700 for lips and $720 for everything else.

For context, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports an average fee of $715 for hyaluronic acid filler and $743 for lip augmentation with filler in its latest statistics. That is an average of what its member surgeons report, not a price you can book. The menus in this guide sit on both sides of it, from $625 to $995 a syringe.

How much do dermal fillers cost in Washington, DC?

DC clinics that publish full menus charge $625 to $900 per syringe. One syringe of lip filler runs $625 to $900, and two syringes of cheek filler run $1,440 to $1,800.

Lip filler in DC

One syringe is the usual starting point. Medical Cosmetic Enhancements charges $625 for a standard Juvéderm or Restylane syringe and $725 for Restylane Kysse (its older price page says $750). Arta Medical Spa charges $700, and WeDo Aesthetics lists $750 to $900. Capital Aesthetic + Laser Center’s article puts a lip syringe at $650 to $750. You can compare lip filler providers in DC by location, rating and review count.

Cheek filler in DC

Arta Medical Spa charges $720 a syringe, or $1,440 for two. Medical Cosmetic Enhancements charges $850 for a first syringe of Juvéderm Voluma and $750 for a second, so $1,600 for two. WeDo’s $750 to $900 band works out to $1,500 to $1,800 for two. Capital’s article says cheeks take one to two syringes at $700 to $1,400. More volume loss means more product: in the Voluma cheek trial, the median was 6.6 mL.

Under-eyes, chin and jawline in DC

Arta lists $720 a syringe for each. For under-eyes, Capital’s article says $750 to $850, and The Naderi Center, where only physicians inject, charges $1,500 a syringe. That is the widest spread for any one area on DC-area menus, and part of it is who holds the needle. For chin or jawline, Capital estimates $700 to more than $2,000, since those areas can take one to three syringes. Under-eye filler is approved for hollows; if puffiness is the problem, our page on under-eye bags and circles covers other options.

Who may inject filler in DC

In DC, filler is a medical procedure in law as well as in practice. DC’s health occupations law counts any procedure “affecting the layer of skin below the stratum corneum,” the skin’s outer layer, “for surgical, therapeutic, or cosmetic purposes” as the practice of medicine. The same section lets other licensed professionals perform these procedures if a licensed physician has authorized them, or if they are among the professionals it names, including advanced practice registered nurses such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses and practical nurses, and have “received the necessary training and experience to perform the procedure in a safe and effective manner.” DC nurse practitioners practice independently. Physician assistants practice in collaboration with a physician. Estheticians are not among the professionals the law names.

The DC Board of Medicine’s Policy 15-02 on aesthetic medicine, from November 2014, adds detail, but by its own terms it is “directive in nature and not mandatory” until the Board writes regulations, and we could not find any. It places tissue fillers in its highest-risk tier, Level III, says these procedures belong inside a medical practice whatever the business calls itself, and expects a DC-licensed physician to serve as medical director and be in the building for at least half of the facility’s weekly opening hours. It assigns estheticians to Level I services, which do not include injections.

That gives you two fair questions for any DC clinic: who is your medical director, and who will inject me, under what license? You can look up any DC health license on DC Health’s license verification site.

Prices in other big cities

Does filler cost more in New York?

Somewhat. New York has some of the highest standard prices in this guide: $900 a syringe at SYRA Aesthetics and $995 for a lip syringe at Tribeca MedSpa, against $695 to $795 at The Ageless Center in Atlanta. But one chain, Alchemy 43, charges the same $675 for lip filler in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and New York, and the spread inside each city is about as wide as the spread between cities. The product and the injector move the price more than the zip code does. Browse providers in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.

What you are actually paying for

The product, more than the brand. Juvéderm (Allergan Aesthetics), Restylane (Galderma) and RHA (Teoxane) are the three hyaluronic acid families on most menus, and price follows the product within each family. At Mara’s Med Spa, Juvéderm runs from $680 for Ultra XC to $950 for Volux. Medical Cosmetic Enhancements charges $625 for standard Juvéderm, Restylane or RHA syringes and $850 for Voluma. The Ageless Center charges $695 for most Juvéderm products and $795 for Voluma, Volux and Restylane. The firmer, longer-lasting gels made for cheeks, chin and jaw sit in the higher tier.

What the product is approved for. FDA approvals are specific to the product and the area. Juvéderm Voluma XC is approved for cheeks (2013), Volux XC for the jawline (2022), and Volbella XC for lips (2016) and under-eye hollows (2021). Restylane Kysse is approved for lips (2020) and Restylane Eyelight for under-eye hollows (2023). RHA 2, 3 and 4 were approved in 2017 for moderate to severe dynamic wrinkles and folds, such as smile lines. Using a product off-label is legal and common, but the FDA notes it may not have reviewed every product for every location. Ask which product your injector plans to use and whether it is approved for that area.

Who injects. The Naderi Center’s $1,500 under-eye syringe, injected only by physicians, costs about twice Arta’s $720. Experience also matters for safety: in a 2021 study of board-certified dermatologists covering 1.7 million syringes, injectors with more than five years of filler experience had 70.7% lower odds of blocking a blood vessel.

Memberships and promotions. JECT lists filler from $790, or $710 for members. Alchemy 43’s lip filler is $675, or $573.75 for members. Capital Aesthetic + Laser Center’s VIP Platinum membership takes $100 off every syringe. Promotions come and go, so confirm what applies on the day you book.

The “starts at” price versus the real cost

A “starting at” price is only useful once you know what it buys.

• Tribeca MedSpa’s pricing page lists filler starting at $595. Its lip filler page says lips typically take one syringe at $995, which is 67% more.
• OVME’s chain-wide page says filler starts at $499 a syringe and that pricing may vary by studio. DC clinics with full menus start at $625.
• Plump lists lips from $450 and facial filler from $850 without saying how much product either price buys.
• Miami Skin Spa’s new-patient offer is $499 for a first lip syringe, regularly $750, and “additional product is quoted at the regular price.”
• Mirror Mirror Med Spa advertises Revanesse lip filler at $349 and face filler at $449. Its standard prices for Restylane, RHA and Juvéderm are $650 to $900. The specials are for Revanesse, a brand its standard price list does not name, so ask what is in the syringe.

Half syringes and packages

A half syringe costs more than half. Mara’s Med Spa sells half syringes of four Juvéderm products at 64% to 69% of the full price. Volbella, for example, is $450 for half a syringe and $700 for a full one. No other menu in this guide lists a half-syringe price.

Packages can be real discounts, but do the math.

• Miami Skin Spa: three syringes for cheeks or jawline cost $1,950, or $650 each, against $850 bought singly, a saving of $600. Its four-syringe full-face plan is $2,600, a saving of $800. Packages “are used in one treatment plan, not banked as credit.”
• SYRA Aesthetics: three syringes for $2,250, against $2,700 at $900 each, a saving of $450.
• VIO Med Spa River North: three syringes for $2,535 and four for $3,380. Both work out to $845 a syringe, so the bigger pack buys no extra discount, and both expire 365 days after purchase.
• Ethos MedSpa sells area packages, such as cheeks and lips for $2,450 or full facial balancing for $4,250, without saying how many syringes each includes. Ask before comparing.

How much product each area takes

The clinics’ own estimates are broadly consistent. Capital Aesthetic + Laser Center says lips take one syringe, cheeks one to two, under-eyes often one, and chin or jawline one to three. Medical Cosmetic Enhancements says most single areas take one syringe and chin or jawline two or more. The Naderi Center says under-eyes take one to two syringes and deeper smile lines two to three.

The FDA trials behind specific products show how much was used to reach full correction, often with an optional touch-up a month after the first treatment:

Each trial measured improvement its own way, so compare within a row rather than across rows. Participants were treated to full correction, and some trials enrolled only moderate or severe cases, so your plan may need less. But if a cheek or jawline quote assumes a single syringe, ask what result one syringe will buy.

How long filler lasts

The FDA’s general guidance is that hyaluronic acid filler lasts about 6 to 12 months, calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiesse) about 18 months, and poly-L-lactic acid (Sculptra) up to 2 years. The trials above show firmer fillers placed deep can outlast that: two-thirds of Voluma patients still met the trial’s improvement measure at two years, against about six in ten Volbella lip patients at one year.

Two caveats. Maintenance is normal, so budget for it, although top-ups are often smaller than the first treatment: the median maintenance dose in the Volux trial at one year was 3.0 mL, against 4.35 mL the first time, and the median Kysse retreatment at 48 weeks was 1.0 mL. And the FDA notes that the safety of repeated use over long periods has not been evaluated in controlled studies.

Our dermal and lip fillers guide covers each type of filler, where it goes and its risks in more detail.

The safety question that comes before price

Blocked blood vessels

The FDA calls unintentional injection into a blood vessel “the most concerning risk” of dermal fillers. The chance is low, but the FDA lists necrosis (tissue death), vision problems including blindness, and stroke among the complications reported.

How low: a retrospective 2021 survey in JAMA Dermatology collected reports from 370 board-certified dermatologists covering 1.7 million syringes. Blocked vessels occurred about once per 6,410 syringes injected with needles and once per 40,882 with blunt-tipped cannulas, and 85% caused no lasting harm. The lips and smile lines were the areas most often involved. These figures describe those practices and do not predict an individual patient’s risk, and a cannula may reduce the risk but does not remove it.

Blindness is rarer still, and it shows why some areas carry more risk than others. A 2019 review found 48 newly published cases of vision loss after filler between 2015 and 2018. The nose was involved in 56% of them and the area between the brows in 27%, and only about one patient in five fully recovered their vision. FDA approvals for fillers are specific to the product and the area treated, and filler in the nose, a “liquid nose job”, is an off-label use in the area with the most reported vision loss. For any off-label treatment, ask what evidence supports it and what the clinic’s emergency plan is.

The enzyme that should be in the room

Hyaluronic acid filler has one real safety advantage: an enzyme, hyaluronidase, breaks it down. It is the core treatment for a vessel blocked by this kind of filler and needs to be used promptly, so a prepared clinic has an emergency protocol and keeps the medicine readily available. An international consensus group’s advice to injectors is to be prepared and have the tools available. Dissolving filler cannot be relied on to restore sight if vision is affected. Some clinics say so on their websites. Miami Skin Spa, for instance, states that it keeps hyaluronidase on hand for adjustments and emergencies.

Two details are worth knowing. Dissolving filler is an off-label use: the FDA label for Hylenex, one brand of hyaluronidase, covers other purposes, such as helping injected drugs disperse. It is nonetheless widely used this way in aesthetic practice. And it only works on hyaluronic acid. The FDA warns that fillers not made of hyaluronic acid can be difficult or impossible to remove, so Radiesse and Sculptra have no equivalent way to undo them.

Warning signs, and who should wait

The FDA tells patients to seek immediate medical attention for unusual pain, vision changes, a white, gray or blue appearance of the skin near the injection site, or any sign of stroke during or shortly after treatment. Contact your injector as well, and call 911 for any vision change or stroke-like symptoms. The FDA says the safety of fillers has not been established during pregnancy or breastfeeding or in people under 22, and that treatment should wait while the skin is inflamed or infected. If you have a history of keloids or raised scars, tell your clinician: Sculptra should not be used in that case, and precautions differ for other fillers.

It also advises against buying filler online or injecting yourself, says needle-free injection pens are not approved for filler, and has warned that unapproved versions of Juvéderm have been sold in the US. Asking to see the sealed box before treatment is a reasonable request.

Costs that are not in the headline price

• Consultation. Often free: Tribeca MedSpa, Medical Cosmetic Enhancements and Miami Skin Spa all advertise free or complimentary consultations. The Naderi Center charges $250, credited if you are treated the same day.
• Dissolving. If you dislike the result, hyaluronidase is billed separately. The Naderi Center lists dissolving from $500.
• Touch-ups. The trials above used optional touch-ups a month after the first treatment. Ask whether a follow-up visit is included, and whether extra product is billed at the full syringe price.
• Expiry and banking. Prepaid packs can expire (VIO’s after 365 days) or have to be used in a single treatment plan (Miami Skin Spa’s).
• Insurance. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons states that health insurance does not cover dermal fillers.
• Financing. Cherry, CareCredit and Affirm appear on clinic pages. Our Morpheus8 price guide explains the deferred-interest terms to read before you sign, and they apply here too.

Reading reviews for filler

Star ratings reflect the whole visit, from booking to the front desk. For filler, the useful reviews name the injector, describe results a few weeks later rather than on the day, and say what happened when something needed adjusting. A clinic that corrected or dissolved a result without fuss has told you something good about how it works. AuraVenu’s DC dermal filler page shows each provider’s rating and review count, with a link to its full profile.

Before you book

Filler is a medical procedure, and for the most common type there is a way to reverse it. The price per syringe is only half of the math; the other half is how many syringes your plan needs. Choose the injector first and the price second. Unusual pain, color changes in the skin or any change in vision during or after treatment need immediate care, not a follow-up appointment. If you are also weighing wrinkle relaxers, our guide to your first Botox appointment explains how the two treatments differ.

Every price in this guide was read from the named clinic’s own published pages on October 18, 2026. Where a clinic’s price could not be found on its own site, it was left out rather than estimated. Prices change, and the figures above are examples of what specific clinics publish, not a quote for your treatment.

Frequently asked questions

How much is one syringe of filler in Washington, DC?

At DC clinics that publish prices, $625 to $900 as of October 2026: $625 for a standard syringe at Medical Cosmetic Enhancements, $700 to $720 at Arta Medical Spa, and $750 to $900 at WeDo Aesthetics. OVME’s chain-wide page lists filler from $499.

How many syringes of lip filler do I need?

Most clinics plan one syringe for lips. In the FDA trials behind Restylane Kysse and Juvéderm Volbella XC, the median patient received 1.75 mL and 2.6 mL across a first treatment and an optional touch-up, so leave room in your budget for a second syringe.

Is half a syringe cheaper?

Yes, but not by half. Mara’s Med Spa in Dallas charges 64% to 69% of the full price for a half syringe, for example $450 against $700 for Volbella. It was the only clinic in this guide that published a half-syringe price.

How long do fillers last?

The FDA’s general figure for hyaluronic acid filler is 6 to 12 months. Firmer fillers in the cheeks can last longer: in Voluma’s trial, 67% of patients still met the trial’s improvement measure at two years. Lip filler usually fades sooner; in the Volbella XC lip trial, 62% were still improved at one year.

Can filler be dissolved, and what does it cost?

Hyaluronic acid filler can be dissolved with an enzyme called hyaluronidase. The Naderi Center lists dissolving from $500. Fillers not made of hyaluronic acid, such as Radiesse and Sculptra, cannot be dissolved this way.

Does insurance cover dermal fillers?

No. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons states that health insurance does not cover dermal fillers.

Compare dermal filler providers in Washington, DC

Sources

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• FDA, FDA-Approved Dermal Fillers, content current as of November 9, 2020
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• Clinic pricing pages, read October 18, 2026: Arta Medical Spa and its filler page, Medical Cosmetic Enhancements and its Restylane page, WeDo Aesthetics, OVME, Capital Aesthetic + Laser Center and its specials page, S+P MedSpa, En Santé Med, The Naderi Center, Tribeca MedSpa and its lip page, SYRA Aesthetics, JECT, Plump, Miami Skin Spa, its injectables page and its specials page, Mirror Mirror Med Spa, Mara’s Med Spa, Alchemy 43, Ethos MedSpa, VIO Med Spa River North, The Ageless Center