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She is very good and also recommends no washing the face for one month or no water in the eyes. I did a cataract check in her clinic for my eyes but thought she was too expensive, quoted me 70,000 baht.

I am sorry but I was wrong. Cataract surgery in Chiang mai ranges now from 41,000 to 130,000 baht per eye. In the US without insurance, 6,000-9,000 USD per eye.

I would like to rebuttal some of your arguments. Medicare does NOT pay otherwise I would have gone to LA for free; you don't know medicare I guess. If you have plan b medicare ($300/month), then yes, they will pay most if you have standard lenses; I talked to medicare. Cost without medicare is upward of $6,000-$9,000 (per eye) as I stated before; without laser and with, respectively. One source was NVision in San Bernardino. I also have friends that had it done in LA, one eye, 2 wks later, the other but he had to request that. The water comment is extremely important otherwise you risk infection; I take the advice of the hospital and doctors first and 3 hospitals have said the same thing in Chiang mai. Unnecessary; no, it is. That is a compare of health care in the US (sucks) and here and I have had 4 hospitals worth of experience; most all orthopedics. In the US, I have had an ACL and under Health Net ins. and I never had so much trouble. Yep, ACL, the go home, same day, are you kidding? Hospitals there are trying to make the biggest buck off of you to make their profit margins bigger. Also, trying to get information out of any hospital in the US without an appoint really sucks when shopping for the right doctor and hospital. Yea, I did my best to shop around in the US from here; their health card system really needs overhauling.

I have completed my cataract surgery, 40,800 per eye and I got the best care and great doctor! PRINC HOSPITAL LAMPHUN โรงพยาบาลพริ้นซ์ ลำพูน My experience with cataract surgery in this hospital was wonderful. All the staff were friendly and very helpful. The doctor who preformed the operation is the best. My first experience for my left eye was impressive. The hospital has a lot of cataract patients and the staff performed well to manage all these people. I figure my doctor performs about 60 operations per week. The reason is the government pays the hospital for cataract surgery for Thai citizens over 60 years old. The Thai citizens pay nothing or almost zero. If the Thai citizen is under 60 years old, the citizen pays under 17,000 baht. I think the hospital is providing a wonderful service for the Thai citizens despite the inflation in the medical services in Thailand. I found this hospital by searching because the big 3 hospitals in Chiang mai are way over priced and greedy. Princ hospital is Not and they perform quality surgery as the big hospitals for less. My case: first surgery was with the left eye, 20-30 minutes, operation went smoothly. Second eye was operated on 3 weeks later and went even better. Each time, you spend overnight in the hospital to make sure there is no complications. The hospital room is like a hotel room. The doctor likes to wait between surgeries to make sure everything is good. I like this because they really care about your condition. They say no water in the eye for the first month and no exercise for 3 months: everybody is different but those are the guidelines. They send you home with a bunch of pills, cotton swabs (large), eye drops and teaching lessons how to use the all for the same price. The price as of June, 2024 is 40,800 per eye while the big 3 hospitals in Chiang mai are between 80,000-130,000 per eye. In the USA, they don’t care: operation both eyes at the same time, give you an hour and send you home and recover in 2 weeks for about $6,000-$9,000 per eye, more if they use a laser.

BDMS hospital quoted me 100,000-130,000 per eye. Chiang mai Ram quoted me 90,000-120,000 per eye Lamphun hospital quoted me 25,000 per eye and I scheduled this one.

Okay, here is the skinny. The hospital in Lamphun has 2 buildings, new and old. The old building in the back is mainly for eye testing and scheduling; not sure where the surgery is performed. The hospital mainly performs cataract surgery for the Thai citizens over 65 (or senior). The procedure is free for the Thai people including the eye exam. The hospital performs 60 cataract surgeries per day there and word of mouth travels fast especially when the doctor(s) are great. The government pays a maximum of 40,000 baht for 2 eye cataracts so this hospital charges zero to the patients. For the foreigner that is over 65 (senior), the price is 25,000 baht per eye and plus 1,000 baht for the eye examination and 1,000 baht for deposit. If they have the lenses in stock for your eyes, they could schedule an operation on the same day as your examination. For the surgery: the hospital performs a cataract surgery on one eye and you stay overnight in the hospital. After 2 weeks, you come back to have the doctor examine the surgery. If all is okay, they will schedule for your other eye. They hand out an instruction sheet of what not to do for the first month. Also, they recommend no sports or exercises for 3 months. Now, if anybody is my age, in 3 months, all my muscles will be gone. by-the-way, the instruction sheet is in Thai language, good luck. I am scheduled in 2 weeks and when all is done, I will report back here. Oh, one other point: I have astigmatism in both eyes and every hospitals says I need Toric lenses (more expensive). This hospital/doctor says my astigmatism is -1 and -.25, right and left eye. Since its -1 or under, they don't recommend Toric lenses. how about that!

U.S. prices for cataract surgery (simple lens) is under $2,000 without insurance. Bangkok hospital Chiang mai wants 100,000 baht per eye. I think its over priced and over the top. 200,000 baht /(35 baht/dollar) = $5,714 USD Shoulder surgery (arthroscopic) in Chiang mai Ram hospital is running at 330,000 baht. Admitted with plan A Medicare in the USA is free. otherwise, $7,000-9,000 USD. These hospital prices are the result of Medical tourist. Some of these doctors are way better than the US doctors and the hospital care is way better than the US hospitals. If you are over 70 y/o, too costly to get medical insurance in Chiang mai. All my medical surgeries (Orthopedics) were done at 2 hospitals in Chiang mai but recommend Chiang mai Ram hospital. Although I like this hospital, their prices have been continually going up like there is no tomorrow. Drug prices there is also high and going higher every year. Well, I am looking for cataract surgery in Chiang mai that I can afford. I just found out my Medicare plan A will not pay for cataract surgery in the USA.