Medical treatments in India, by specialty

Whether the stone needs one procedure or several, the type of laser used, and whether a stent is required. Prostate surgery cost varies with gland size and whether laser enucleation is used instead of standard resection.

The lens you choose changes the cataract price most — standard, toric or multifocal. Retinal injections are a course over months rather than one treatment, and corneal transplant depends on tissue availability.

The implant device itself is the largest single item, and whether one ear or both are implanted roughly doubles it. Programming sessions and therapy afterwards should be quoted as part of the package, not separately.

Whether the blockage can be treated by angioplasty or needs an open bypass, the length of the segment involved, and how much wound care and dressing time is required afterwards.

Whether the uterus is preserved, whether the approach is hysteroscopic, laparoscopic or open, and the number and position of fibroids. A hormonal coil costs a fraction of any operation and controls bleeding in many women.

Whether bronchoscopy is needed to secure the diagnosis, and whether the tuberculosis regimen is standard or resistant — the latter runs far longer and uses considerably more expensive drugs.

Your child's age and weight, whether paediatric intensive care is needed afterwards, and whether the procedure is staged. Neonatal surgery costs considerably more than the same operation in an older child.

Whether a biopsy is needed, whether full renal pathology including immunofluorescence and electron microscopy is done, and whether immunosuppressive treatment follows. Most of the drug treatment itself continues at home.

Whether the needle test result requires surgery at all, whether one lobe or the whole gland is removed, and whether radioiodine follows. Nerve monitoring during surgery should be included, not charged as an extra.

Whether a simple graft suffices or a free flap is needed, how many stages are involved, and how much splinting and therapy time follows. Therapy is not an optional extra here — it determines the result.

Which biologic is used and whether it is a biosimilar. Screening for tuberculosis and hepatitis B is mandatory before starting and should be included in any quote — it is not optional anywhere.

Whether the repair is primary or recurrent, the mesh used, and whether the abdominal wall needs reconstruction. Simple day-case work rarely justifies the flight, and we will say so.

How many hours of therapy per day and how many weeks the programme runs. Ask for the timetable in writing — intensity is the whole point, and it is what distinguishes a real programme from a token one.

Vitiligo surgery depends on the area treated and the grafting technique. Biologics depend on which agent — biosimilars cost a fraction of the originator. Phototherapy is a course over weeks, which is the practical constraint.

The number of implants, whether bone grafting is needed first, and the material of the final teeth. Ask for the number of visits in writing — unclear staging is the commonest source of dental travel disappointment.

This is assessment rather than a procedure, and it is priced by session. We arrange it alongside treatment you are already coming for — not as a reason to travel in itself.