The Cost Of A Full Day In Hospital.

[Cheeky Farang]

The cost of a full day in hospital.

Get this,

9 am – 6pm all day in a hospital in Thailand

9am - Registration then whisked of for weight and blood pressure test.

9.30am – Consultancy with Thai doctor (trained in Switzerland, and spoke English)

10.00am – Blood sample taken for testing.

10.15am – 3 x-rays of abdomen.

10.45am – Informed I will also have a Ultrasound of urinary bladder and prostrate gland.

11.00am – Taken to private room, given loads of fluid to drink and told to notify the nurse when I wanted a wee. No urination until after the Ultrasound test.

11.45am – Taken to Ultrasound machine and loads of scan taken.

12.15pm – Wee Time – Sample jar given for testing.

12-20pm - back to Ultrasound machine.

2.30pm - Taken to CT scan – CT scan taken of abdomen.

4.00pm - Taken back to private room and told, sorry still no food until you have seen the doctor.

5.15pm - Taken to consultancy room to see the same doctor that saw me in the morning. Given the full low-down on all the Blood Tests, Ultrasound & CT scan images. Full copy of all the scans and results given to me to take back to Farang Land.

5.45pm - Cashier.

6.00pm - Pharmacy, collected prescription drugs issued.

Total Bill 14766 Baht (14766) no mistake in the figure.

Now how much would that cost anyone in his or her WESTERN Hospital?

[Irene]

NAME OF THE HOSPITAL, PLEASE.

[ilyushin]

My company does it once a year Baht 1,400/ person in Bangkok. Same package.

Edited May 16, 2007 by ilyushin

[yeti]

That expensive, it has to be Burumgrad if in Bkk.

[ThaiPauly]

That expensive, it has to be Burumgrad if in Bkk.

Or Samitivej?

In the UK at a Private Hospital it would be double that figure.

But in Chiang Mai it would be half

[wolfmanjack]

i had a CT scan 8 years ago in the states and it was $800.

[Prakanong]

For my full health screening as above at Bumrungrad but including treadmill and other heart stuff plus cancer markers I would expect to pay around the same.

At Raffles in Singapore for much the same - takes less time though and you go for results later at your convenience - I pay circa 800 SGD (18400 THB) with my various discounts.

[DrFisher]

Well, as a former hospital employee in the USA we would have charged somewhere around $5000 if you came through the emergency room and about $2500 had you had an appointment and been sent by a family physician. Then again I'm from Pennsylvania home of the lawsuit happy nuts and we have the highest malpractice insurance in the country which is why it is hard to find a doctor in the first place let alone afford one with out health insurance that sells for $300 plus per month.

[donna]

i had an ultrasound in australia just last week which would have set me back AUD $200 (bulk billed thank goodness).

Doctors fee alone would have been about AUD $40 x 2 visits (bulk billed too).

Blood Tests - im not sure how much they would have cost but you could bet on at least AUD $150.

its a good deal here. no doubt about it.

[geordie]

3-1/2 years ago i woke up in a hospital in Sakon Nakhon, been in a coma and on a life support machine for 5 days, by all accounts i had had an anerisum(excuse the spelling) spent the next 2-1/2 weeks in a private room with my wife and my sister. Had no insurance at the time, total bill came to 86.000 baht. Not sure how much i would have had to pay in the UK if it was done privately. I went to see a Bupa specialist in the UK not long after that when i was visiting my family, Bupa charged me 250 pound just for 15 minutes of there time.

I Would say that paying for treatment in Thailand is reasonable.

[tayto]

Ct scan in Surin hospital last month incl consultation was 4000baht.

[Krub]

Would have paid the same in Japan so I think for Thailand, this must be expensive.

[puyaidon]

Bangkok Hospital is about the same. Excellent service, price about the same and escorted everywhere in case you don't know where to go. If you have not eaten since the night before and drink water in the morning, you can be out in three to four hours. Surprised me for sure.

[RagingBrit]

For farangs Thailand must be considered as the land of the healthy.

Hospital care for serious medical complaints in Thailand works out very expensive if surgery or long term treatment is required.

I also believe that unofficially there is farang tariffs & Thai tariffs for hospital care and have witnessed this in practice. Thais are also eligible for the government 30 baht scheme that does not apply to farangs.

If considering living here long term, have a health check first and if suffering from any long term health problems, best to stay in own countries.

For those already living here who have any bad accidents or major illnesses will endure huge financial problems if they have not prepared an emergency fund for such events.

[mot]

how lucky you are!!!For me poor french it woud have been free in a french Hospital.

[Bagwan]

Five years ago I took my lady, now my wife, to what many think is the best hospital in Pattaya. I was told that she had tuberculosis, was seriously anaemic and was to be admitted immediately. She was also harbouring an STD. I agreed to pay 7000 baht per day for a private room. Compare that with the cost of a room at the Marriott! After two days I asked what the bill had come to so far and was told 26,000. On asking the doctor why it was necessary for her to remain in hospital when her life was not in immediate danger, I was told that it was because of the saline drip she was hooked up to. There was a faint possibility that her medication would cause her to become dehydrated. I removed her from hospital and said she could sit in the bath at my place drinking water if that was the case. She suffered no ill effects and after five months treatment was pronounced all clear.

She does however need to take antiviral medicine daily. The medication is supplied by the Government laboratories at a cost of 1200 baht for 28 days supply. The hospital was supplying this to patients two years ago at the price of 2800 baht, an increase of over 130%. If this isn't racketeering then I don't know what is.

A friend, whose opinion of the above hospital matches mine, shopped around for treatment to eradicate what he had been advised were painful colonic polyps. He finally settled on entering a hospital between Pattaya and Chonburi to have the blockages removed at a cost of 45,000 baht. As he had been sedated and then given a general anaesthetic he assumed that he had been operated on. Three weeks later, he was visiting Poland when he was troubled again with the symptoms that he had complained about. At the local hospital he was told that they could find no evidence of him having colonic polyps or that any had been surgically removed. His discomfort was caused by an infection, that if spotted earlier could have been treated simply by means of a single injection.

Forget a caring, efficient service for things medical. This is Thailand. Money No. 1.

BTW you are escorted around hospitals not to prevent you being disorientated or lost. It is to make sure that you pay the bill. In at least one Pattaya hospital if a patient doesn't settle the bill, then the nurse is held responsible and she has to pay it!

[saraphi]

For comparison:

Badly bruised and swollen foot. (thought maybe a fracture of the big toe) Finally, so painful went to the Emergency Room at a leading hospital in Honolulu. Was very well treated, very professional, checked in, nurse came for first evaluation, then called for Dr. He showed up in about 15 mins. Turned out to be Thai born in Chicago, but spoke Thai and had been here a couple of times. Very professional. Ordered Xrays, taken there, then back. Nothing broken, crutches, splint for foot, prescription for pain killer ($75 extra) left.

Home for two weeks get the bill. Hospital $1050 two weeks after another from the Emergency Room physician service $225. So for about a 3 hour circumstance $1275 US.

Have blue cross, and 50000 baht emergency clause. Will see.http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif

[midmac]

I am a cancer patient in The States and regularly have CT scans and UltraSound

for soft tissue scans. The CT runs USD1500 t0 2500 depending on the amount

of the body and whether they require contrast. The ultra sounds run USD 300

to 500,again on how much tissue is being scanned. Big difference.

I recently had dental work done in Bangkok for USD 1100 that was going to be

USD 4800 in the USA. The most amazing parts were that the Thai dentist had

taught at a fine US Dental school for six years, that my dental specialist here was

one of his examiners for his Board Examinations in the USA and that she

was in agreement that it was a good idea to have the work done in Thailand.

The dentist by the way is Dr. Narong Potiket at Perfect Smile Dental Clinic

at 62 Thaniya Building,on Silom Road in Bangkok. He did a great job.

[Kaojai]

10.45am – Informed I will also have a Ultrasound of urinary bladder and prostrate (sic) gland.

Was the gland prostrate or just resting?

[Kaojai]

For farangs Thailand must be considered as the land of the healthy.

If considering living here long term, have a health check first and if suffering from any long term health problems, best to stay in own countries.

Even employers and insurance companies in the US and other western countries are sending people to India, Thailand and other Asian countries for high quality, low cost treatment. People in UK come to escape being put on waiting lists for years on end. Undoubtedly there are some western countries that offer their citizens low cost, efficient medical care, but there's also a good reason why many hospitals in Thailand that cater to local farangs and foreign tourists are thriving.

[rak sa_ngop]

Based on my very, very recent experience you are looking at 20,000 to 30,000 baht a day for hospitalisation in a private Bangkok hospital.

The upper figure for me included multiple blood and fluid tests, x-rays, ultra-sound scans, full body CT scan, numerous specialist consultations, several medical procedures, IV medication (nearly 10,000 baht a day), observation, private room etc. etc.

Worth the price when your life depends on it (and you have some insurance).

[meatgrowler]

Ct scan in Surin hospital last month incl consultation was 4000baht.

R u from CERNE ABBAS in dorset ,uk.....as your avatar is the cerne abbas giant,which is carved on the hillside.....it is known that white witches gather on the giant with couples who have fertility problems....babies time!.......off topic i know.....regards