Every figure below is an all-in package drawn from our own 2024–25 case files — not a hospital's lowest advertised rate. Switch currency in the header; the whole page reprices.
Side by side
Comparison figures are typical private-pay prices in each market, sourced from published hospital tariffs and insurer schedules. Where a country has universal coverage, the figure shown is the private-pay equivalent, because that is the alternative most travelling patients are facing.
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Figures exclude flights and accommodation unless stated. Currency conversion uses indicative rates and is for guidance only — your hospital invoice is issued in Indian rupees.
Indicative figures based on market averages. The binding quote is issued by the hospital once your reports are reviewed.
Your estimated saving
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That's — less than the same procedure in the United States, including — nights in hospital across a —-day stay in India.
India figure includes return flights, serviced accommodation and local transport for the patient and one companion.
Request a treatment planA India package is not cheap because corners are cut. It is cheap because three inputs cost a fraction of what they cost in a high-income health system.
Typical breakdown of a cardiac package across our partner hospitals, 2025.
Staff cost. A consultant surgeon's salary in India is a fraction of the US equivalent, and nursing ratios are achieved at a fraction of the cost. This is the largest single factor.
Volume. A unit performing 900 bypasses a year amortises its theatre, its perfusion equipment and its ICU across far more cases than one performing 200.
Procurement. The same implant from the same manufacturer is priced for the Indian market. India also caps stent and knee-implant margins by law, which is why those two lines are strikingly cheap here.
No surprises
Each of these has a number attached in your quote before you travel. That is the whole point of the document.
How payment works
Medical travel attracts fraud, and the fraud almost always looks the same: someone asks you to transfer treatment money to a personal account or an "agency" account, in advance. Here is how a legitimate transaction works, so you can recognise one that isn't.
Ask us anything about paymentSigned by the hospital's international patient office, with their own bank details printed on it.
No deposit is required to book a surgery date. If anyone asks for one before you land, tell us.
Typically 60–70% of the package, paid at the hospital's own billing counter, against a receipt in your name.
Line by line, in English, reconciled against your quote. We review it with you before you settle it.
Cost questions
For straightforward cases the final bill lands within about 8% of the quote, in either direction. For complex oncology and transplant work the range is wider, because the treatment plan itself can change. Where we cannot quote tightly, we say so and give you a band rather than a single number. A facilitator quoting a precise figure for a liver transplant before any workup is guessing.
Some will, many won't, and almost all require pre-authorisation before you travel. We prepare the documentation pack insurers usually ask for — treating consultant's plan, itemised quote, hospital accreditation certificates — but we cannot promise an outcome, and we will never tell you to travel on the assumption you'll be reimbursed. Get it in writing from your insurer first.
Usually one of three reasons: a cheaper implant that hasn't been named, fewer ICU days assumed, or a shared-room rate quoted where a private room will actually be needed. Send us the other quote. We will tell you honestly which of those it is — and occasionally we will tell you it is simply a better deal and you should take it.
Your quote states the per-day rate for extra ward and ICU days, so the cost is known in advance. We hold accommodation bookings flexibly for exactly this reason, and we handle visa extension paperwork if your stay runs past 60 days. Around one patient in nine stays longer than originally planned.
Implants, no — hospitals will only use devices from their own validated supply chain, and you would not want it otherwise. Long-term medication, often yes, and it can save meaningfully on a long admission. Declare everything at customs and bring your prescription.
An estimator is a starting point. A quote is a document with a hospital's signature on it, and it costs you nothing to get one.