"SKINVIVE cost" has more than doubled as a search in a year (keyword data, October 2026), and the answers on page one are clinic pages quoting their own prices. This page sets out what can actually be documented as of 27 October 2026: how much gel the approval trials used, how large a syringe is, what named clinics list, and what those figures add up to. It is not advice about whether to be treated, and it is not a price promise. What SKINVIVE is, its approval record and its side effects are on our SKINVIVE analysis.
Why there is no national figure
SKINVIVE is new: FDA approved it on 11 May 2023 for cheek smoothness and on 11 June 2026 for neck lines. The fee surveys that once gave national averages for fillers do not cover it. As recorded on our Radiesse cost page, the Aesthetic Society's last published nonsurgical fee table is from 2019, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' 2025 report ranks minimally invasive treatments by volume only. So any SKINVIVE price is an individual clinic's price, and the reliable part of the question is the amount of product, which the label documents.
How much gel the trials used
From AbbVie's Directions for Use, read 27 October 2026:
| Cheeks (pivotal trial) | Neck (pivotal trial) | |
|---|---|---|
| Median volume, first treatment | 3.2 mL | 2 mL |
| Median volume, touch-up about a month later | 2.0 mL | 1.45 mL |
| Who had a touch-up | 98 of 135 treated (72.6%) | — |
| Range, first treatment plus touch-up | 0.8–6.0 mL | 0.55–5.0 mL |
| Median volume, repeat treatment | 2.7 mL (79 participants, offered at six months) | 1.6 mL |
| Label: typical volume for optimal improvement | 4.0 mL | 3.0 mL |
| Label: typical volume to maintain after repeat | 2.7 mL | 1.6 mL |
| Label: volumes not studied | above 6.0 mL per course | above 5.0 mL per course |
Two points from that table are worth keeping. The label's "typical" 4.0 mL for the cheeks is higher than the trial's median first treatment, because most participants also had a touch-up. And the range is wide: some participants received under 1 mL and some 6 mL, which is why a single price per "treatment" can mean very different amounts of product.
How big a syringe is
The US Directions for Use say only that the volume is "as stated on the syringe label and on the carton". An Australian distributor's Allergan FAQ (Chemist2U, read 27 October 2026) describes SKINVIVE as supplied in 1 x 1 mL syringes, and the US clinic prices below are quoted per syringe. On that basis one syringe is 1 mL of gel.
What named clinics list
| Clinic | Place | Date | What it lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krauss Dermatology | Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts | Page dated 1 Sep 2024, read 27 Oct 2026 | "The average Skinvive treatment uses two syringes"; its two-syringe treatment costs $850 |
| Lune Medical Spa | Bogart, Georgia | Booking system, read 27 Oct 2026 | A SKINVIVE appointment listed at $400, 60 minutes; the listing does not state the number of syringes |
Other prices found in a search the same night came from deal sites, from magazines quoting unnamed clinics, or from a Canadian clinic's expired 2024 promotion, and are not repeated here. Two named clinics are examples, not a market rate.
The arithmetic, labelled as arithmetic
Putting the label's volumes against one clinic's price shows why "cost" varies so much. Assumptions: 1 mL syringes; Krauss Dermatology's $850 for two syringes, or $425 a syringe; the clinic charges the same per syringe at any volume, which it may not.
| Volume, from the label or trial | Syringes | At $425 a syringe |
|---|---|---|
| Median first cheek treatment (3.2 mL) | 4 (3.2 mL, rounded up to whole syringes) | $1,700 |
| Clinic's "average" treatment | 2 | $850 |
| Label's typical cheek volume for optimal improvement (4.0 mL) | 4 | $1,700 |
| Median first treatment plus median touch-up, cheeks (3.2 + 2.0 mL) | 6 | $2,550 |
| Label's typical neck volume (3.0 mL) | 3 | $1,275 |
| Label's typical maintenance volume, cheeks (2.7 mL) | 3 | $1,275 |
Rounding up assumes an opened syringe is not kept for another visit; a clinic may handle that differently. The point of the table is not a forecast: it is that the same product can come to $850 or more than $2,500 depending on how much is injected, and that the trials, on average, used more than the two syringes one clinic describes as typical. Anyone being quoted should ask how many syringes the price includes and whether a touch-up is extra.
What the trial cost does not include
The trials compared SKINVIVE with no treatment, and in the cheek trial the treated group's responder rate was 58.4% at one month and 55.6% at six months, after which repeat treatment was offered. A price therefore buys a measured improvement in most, not all, participants, for a period the trial did not try to define. The full trial figures and the side-effect record, including lumps lasting up to 15 months in three participants, are on our SKINVIVE analysis. How it compares with the injectable boosters sold outside the US is in our skin boosters guide, and the price record for a different injectable is on Sculptra cost.
What can fairly be said
There is no national SKINVIVE fee. The documented facts are the label's volumes, a 1 mL syringe, and individual clinic prices such as $850 for two syringes in Massachusetts. On those numbers, the volume the trials used for a first cheek treatment and touch-up corresponds to roughly six syringes, three times the two-syringe "average" the same clinic describes. The number of syringes, not the headline price, is what decides the cost, and only the treating clinician can say how many a particular face needs.
Sources
Opened 27 October 2026: AbbVie, SKINVIVE by Juvéderm Directions for Use (rxabbvie.com/pdf/skinvive_dfu.pdf; treatment characteristics of the cheek and neck pivotal trials, administration step 14, warnings, how supplied). Chemist2U, Allergan FAQ "What is the pricing for the JUVÉDERM range and SKINVIVE by JUVÉDERM when supplied as individual syringes?" (kb.chemist2u.com.au). Krauss Dermatology, "How much is SkinVive by Juvederm?" (kraussdermatology.com, dated 1 September 2024). Lune Medical Spa booking page (booking.podium.com). Approval dates from FDA's PMA database as read on 2 October 2026 for this site's SKINVIVE analysis; fee-survey history and Medicare coverage as recorded on our Radiesse cost page (20 October 2026). Search trend: DataForSEO keyword data, United States, measured 26 October 2026. Corrections go to the contact page.