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Low Cost
India is a preferred destination for highly cost competitive medical treatment and offers world class cardiac bypass surgery, hip replacements, organ transplants, cosmetic, dental surgery and vision correction. The cost of various treatments in India on an average could be one-eighth to one-tenth of those in western countries. For instance, a cardiac procedure costs anywhere between $40,000-60,000 USD in US, US$ 30,000 in Singapore, US$ 12,000-15,000 in Thailand and only US$ 3,000-6,000 in India. A knee replacement with six days of physio therapy costs about one-quarter (US$ 6900-7300) of what it would cost in USA (US$ 25,000-30,000).
A full facelift that would cost $15,000 in the US runs to about $3,000 USD at Apollo Hospital Bangalore. (For a detailed comparison chart please click here). With diagnostic tests in India being inexpensive, India also has emerged as a hub for preventive health screening. At a private clinic in UK a health checkup that includes blood tests, ECG tests, chest X-ray, lung tests and abdominal ultrasound cost around $ 350. In comparison, a comparable check up at a clinic operated by a corporate hospital cost US$ 85. An MRI scan costs around US$60 in a JCI accredited facility in India compared with roughly US$700 in New York.
Thus, the overall cost of treatment and travel with a companion in India is still far less than the expense of just the medical treatment in many western countries.
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