Google Ads management for plastic surgeons
Plastic surgery ads attract a large share of researchers: people comparing procedures, looking at before-and-after photos, or checking prices without intent to book soon. An audit separates that research traffic from people ready to schedule a consultation.
Get my free planWhich searches waste money for plastic surgery practices?
Procedure research, training searches and price comparisons are the common leaks.
- General research searches: recovery time for a given procedure, risks and complications.
- Before-and-after and review browsing that rarely leads to booking.
- Training and certification searches: how to become a plastic surgeon, surgical residency programs.
- Procedures you don't perform, picked up by broad keyword matching.
- Searches for financing or deals when you don't offer them.
Common tracking problems for plastic surgery practices
Consultation requests often go through a scheduling platform or a patient coordinator, and confirmations can be missed in Google Ads.
If your scheduling tool is hosted separately, check whether the confirmed-booking step fires a conversion, rather than only counting a form view or button click.
A booked and attended consultation is a far stronger signal than a submitted inquiry. If your coordinator team can mark which leads actually showed up, compare that against what Google Ads reports.
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You approve your plan. Claritad builds your account, ads and tracking, then optimizes within agreed limits. No contract, cancel anytime. You pay Google directly for clicks.
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What does a good cost per lead look like?
Judge cost per booked consultation against the typical value of the procedures those consultations convert into.
A single minor procedure and a major surgical case are worth very different amounts. Estimate average revenue per consultation that proceeds to surgery, then compare that with your real cost per booked consultation.
Note that advertising for medical procedures can be subject to Google Ads healthcare-related policy requirements; check current policy before assuming a given ad will run without restriction.
Where should a plastic surgery practice start?
With the search terms report and confirmation that bookings, not page views, are what's being counted.
- Separate high-value procedures into their own campaigns
- Exclude general research and training searches
- Check whether consultation-show-rate is tracked, not just requests
- Compare ad claims with what the landing page actually offers
Frequently asked questions
Why are consultation requests up but surgeries booked are flat?
Often the requests counted include browsers who never attend. Tracking show-rate, not just requests, gives a clearer picture.
Should procedure pricing be shown in ads?
It can filter out people who were never going to book at your price point, which may reduce wasted clicks. Test and compare cost per attended consultation.
Does Claritad need access to our patient records?
No. Claritad reads your Google Ads account only. It reports on what's happening in the ad account, not inside patient systems.
Want Google Ads done for you?
You approve your plan. Claritad builds your account, ads and tracking, then optimizes within agreed limits. No contract, cancel anytime. You pay Google directly for clicks.
$299$49/month launch offer
Launch offer: $49/month (regularly $299/month). Locked in for as long as you stay. Ends Dec 31, 2026.
57 days :08 hours :32 minutes
Ends Dec 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern
No contract, cancel anytime. You pay Google directly for clicks.
The plan preview is free, no card needed. Managed has a flat monthly fee; cancel anytime.
Related guides and tools
- How to audit a Google Ads account — A step-by-step checklist, in business language.
- How to find wasted spend in Google Ads — Where money leaks and how to check each place.
- Which Google Ads search terms are wasting your money — How to find the search terms wasting your Google Ads budget, group them into patterns, and exclude them with negative keywords without blocking real customers..
- How much should Google Ads cost per lead — There's no universal good cost per lead.
Sources
- Google Ads Help — About the search terms report
- Google Ads Help — About conversion measurement
- Google Ads Help — About negative keywords
Last updated · Written by the Claritad team (Kyle Edward Gilligan LLC). Claritad is independent software and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.