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Healthcare costs in China

Compare medical costs in China with the source attached.

Explore 43 public price records across five Chinese cities, then add the hotel, transport and support costs that care changes.

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Knowledge baseChecked 2026-07-27

Source-backedPolicy and factual claims link to their origin

Relationship-labelledResearch and operating relationships stay visibly separate

Clinician-led careMedical decisions remain with licensed providers

43public price records
30primary official sources
5cost-ready cities
10public hospital profiles

01 / Public Price Explorer

Filter by city and scope before comparing.

Every visible number has a pricing type, unit, applicability, exclusions, source and checked date.

Not a personal quote

Government prices are often maximum guidance prices. Special and international care may use hospital-set market prices.

Visible records9
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Ordinary outpatient consultation

CNY 25per visit

Tertiary public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Ordinary outpatient consultation item
Does not include
  • Senior-physician add-ons
  • tests
  • medicines
  • procedures
  • special or international service

A low registration price does not represent the complete medical visit or a foreign-patient pathway.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Associate chief physician add-on

CNY 15add-on per visit

Tertiary public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Published associate-chief-physician add-on
Does not include
  • Base consultation
  • tests
  • special or international service

Add to the applicable ordinary consultation item.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Chief physician add-on

CNY 25add-on per visit

Tertiary public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Published chief-physician add-on
Does not include
  • Base consultation
  • tests
  • special or international service

Add to the applicable ordinary consultation item.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Skin physical test

CNY 30per indicator

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Temperature, pressure, light or comparable physical-test operation and report within the item
Does not include
  • Consultation
  • multiple indicators beyond the first
  • treatment
  • special or international service

Multiple indicators use the catalog's stepped charging rule.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Dermoscopy examination

CNY 170per examination

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Dermoscopy setup, examination, recording, assessment and report within the item
Does not include
  • Consultation
  • biopsy
  • pathology
  • treatment
  • international service

A clinician decides whether this examination is appropriate.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Ultraviolet fluorescence examination

CNY 5per examination

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Dark-room setup, UV examination, recording, analysis and report within the item
Does not include
  • Consultation
  • other tests
  • treatment

This is one test item, not a dermatology visit total.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Routine skin-lesion treatment

CNY 12per lesion

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Routine treatment by injection, application or comparable method within the item
Does not include
  • Consultation
  • medicines or separately chargeable materials
  • energy-based treatment
  • pathology

The catalog defines a lesion as a 9 cm2 pricing unit and caps the item at 240 CNY per session.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Energy-based skin-lesion treatment

CNY 15per lesion

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Treatment using freezing, electrocautery, radiofrequency or comparable energy source within the item
Does not include
  • Consultation
  • medicines or separately chargeable materials
  • pathology
  • cosmetic package pricing

The catalog defines a lesion as a 9 cm2 pricing unit and caps the item at 300 CNY per session.

Official source
Government ceiling Checked 2026-07-11

Conventional single-implant medical-service cap

CNY 5,130per tooth

Public hospitals in Shanghai

What this number covers
Includes
  • Consultation
  • biochemical and imaging tests
  • implant placement
  • crown placement
  • scan/design/modeling
  • anesthesia
  • related medicines
Does not include
  • Implant system
  • crown material
  • extraction
  • periodontal cleaning
  • root-canal treatment
  • bone grafting
  • soft-tissue grafting

This is the medical-service ceiling. The complete total still depends on materials and case-specific additional care.

Official source

02 / Incremental trip budget

Calculate only what care adds to the journey.

The tool uses the selected public reference plus your extra hotel, transport, rail, airfare, language support and contingency inputs. It stays in your browser.

Keep the scope comparable.

A per-canal dental item is not a root-canal total. An implant medical-service cap may exclude the implant and crown. Open “What this number covers” first.

Selected evidenceChoose a public price record.

The source, unit and exclusions will appear here.

All figuresChinese yuan (CNY)
For human reviewAdd only the context that changes access, timing or payment checks.
Medical referenceCNY 0

Public information, not a provider quote.

Added trip costCNY 0

Only the extra costs you entered.

Planning totalCNY 0

Waiting, night and clinical changes are not included.

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Use a current conversion outside this tool.

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03 / Local travel rules

Use official fare formulas and live trip inputs.

Choose a city in the budget tool. Hotel, airfare, rail and on-demand transport remain visitor-entered because live market prices move too quickly for a fixed average.

Metro planning rule CNY 3 up to 6 km; then +CNY 1 per 10 km.

Maglev is separate. Day-pass and stored-card discounts are not applied.

Official fare source
Cruising taxi base rule CNY 14 for the first 3 km, then CNY 2.7 per km.

Some vehicle types start at 16 CNY. The estimate excludes waiting, operator fare adjustments, night, long-distance, holiday, toll and rounding rules.

Official fare source
Always visitor-entered Hotel, flights, rail and support

Live market prices move too quickly for a fixed public average. The budget tool keeps them editable.

04 / Evidence status

A price becomes more certain in stages.

The website starts with public evidence. Only the provider can issue a case-specific estimate and final charge.

Public referenceGovernment or hospital source

Directional context with a visible scope.

Provider estimateWritten for the inquiry

Must state included and excluded items.

Post-assessment estimateAfter clinical review

Can still change if findings or scope change.

Final chargeIssued by the provider

Medical billing remains the provider's responsibility.

05 / Before using a China price

Three questions prevent false comparisons.

Why is a government price not my final bill?

Many published amounts are maximum prices for one billing item. A complete visit can add consultation, tests, materials, medicines, treatment, language support or international-service pricing.

Why are hotel and airfare blank?

They are live market prices and depend on dates, location and booking conditions. Enter the incremental amount caused by care instead of the whole holiday cost.

Can I book from this result?

No. The tool organizes public evidence and budget assumptions. A human access check and the provider's clinical process must confirm the department, date, language, payment, scope and follow-up.

Cost and payment guides

Resolve the payment path before arrival.

Choosing a provider

Public vs international hospitals in China for foreign visitors

The main trade-off is not simply quality versus price. Visitors need to compare the exact department's clinical fit, foreign-passport access, language, waiting and coordination, payment, report format and follow-up. Standard public care, an international department and a private international hospital can operate very differently.

Read the guide
Cost and payment

Does travel insurance cover healthcare in China?

Do not assume an overseas insurer will pay a Chinese provider directly. Many visitor cases are self-pay first and reimbursement later, if covered at all. Ask the insurer and provider separately about network status, pre-authorization, direct billing, exclusions and the exact documents required for a claim.

Read the guide

Human verification

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Share only your route, dates, service interest, budget range and language needs. Our team will review the planning questions before any clinical information is requested.

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