Cataract surgery prices in Bangkok and Chonburi

[ivor bigun]

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[Sheryl]

11 hours ago, luicks said:

I'm in Loei province and there's nothing near me.

 

Any of the following in Loei should be able to do this:

 

Loei Provincial Hospital

Fort Srisongrak Hospital  (army hospital, but open to general public)

Mueang Loei Ram Hospital  (private so will cost more)

 

Elsewhere in region (which would be closest depends on where in Loei you are):

 

Pitsanoluk

Buddhachinaraj Hospital (main govt hospital in the town, large regional facility)

Fort Somdet Phra Naresuan Maharat Hospital  (army)

Royal Thai Air Force Wing 46 Hospital

Inter Vechakarn Hospital (private)

Pitsanuvej Hospital (private)

Ratanavej 2 Hospital (private)

Ruamphat Pitsanulok Hospital (private)

 

Udon Thani

Wang Sam Mo Hospital (Udon Thano Regional Hospital)

Fort Prachaksilapakhom Hospital  (army)

Aek Udon International Hospital (private)

North Eastern Wattana Hospital (private)

Panyavej Inter Hospital (private)

 

Khon Kaen

 

Srinagarind Hospital (Khon Kaen Univ Hospital)

Khon Kaen Regional hospital

KhonKaen Ram Hospital (private)

 

Srindagarind (KKU) hospital is the best nedical facility in the Northeast. Offers both the usual public channel and a prvate channel ("Smart Mindfulness Care" or SMC)

 

[Lorry]

38 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

Any of the following in Loei should be able to do this:

 

Loei Provincial Hospital

Fort Srisongrak Hospital  (army hospital, but open to general public)

Mueang Loei Ram Hospital  (private so will cost more)

 

Elsewhere in region (which would be closest depends on where in Loei you are):

 

Pitsanoluk

Buddhachinaraj Hospital (main govt hospital in the town, large regional facility)

Fort Somdet Phra Naresuan Maharat Hospital  (army)

Royal Thai Air Force Wing 46 Hospital

Inter Vechakarn Hospital (private)

Pitsanuvej Hospital (private)

Ratanavej 2 Hospital (private)

Ruamphat Pitsanulok Hospital (private)

 

Udon Thani

Wang Sam Mo Hospital (Udon Thano Regional Hospital)

Fort Prachaksilapakhom Hospital  (army)

Aek Udon International Hospital (private)

North Eastern Wattana Hospital (private)

Panyavej Inter Hospital (private)

 

Khon Kaen

 

Srinagarind Hospital (Khon Kaen Univ Hospital)

Khon Kaen Regional hospital

KhonKaen Ram Hospital (private)

 

Srindagarind (KKU) hospital is the best nedical facility in the Northeast. Offers both the usual public channel and a prvate channel ("Smart Mindfulness Care" or SMC)

 

This list is slightly outdated.

Just 3 points: 

 

PHITSANULOK

wing 46 is not where you want to go for cataract surgery

There is a Bangkok Hospital now in town

 

UDON

Panyavej has been bought by Bangkok Hospital 10 years ago,  it's now Bangkok Hospital Udon. This and Aek Udon are generally the best places to go for pretty much everything in Udon.

 

KHON KAEN

Ratchapruek and Bangkok Hospital do most of the farang business these days, but i don't know about cataract surgery

[lopburi3]

9 hours ago, Lorry said:

KHON KAEN

Ratchapruek and Bangkok Hospital do most of the farang business these days, but i don't know about cataract surgery

 

9 hours ago, Lorry said:

PHITSANULOK

wing 46 is not where you want to go for cataract surgery

Cataract surgery is an out patient procedure with more than 100k done at government hospitals here each year.  

[luicks]

Thank you for the list of hospitals. Loei provincial hospital is overcrowded and friends had bad experiences with Muang Loei Ram. I haven't thought of Fort Srisongrak Hospital and will take a look. I'm also looking at Srinakarin Hospital (KKU) in Khon Kaen but haven't got a reply to my email and phone calls are not answered. It's more convenient to me to get to Bangkok than to Udon, Phitsanulok or Khon Kaen. Thank you all for your replies.

 

[samtam]

On 7/2/2022 at 5:30 PM, Sheryl said:

She may have said that, but she was wrong (and quite likely had no idea what "monofocal lens" even meant). She was simply reading off a chart.  See the post before yours.

 

People who have actually had cataract surgery at Rutnin this year have ended up paying paid 80-90k for monofocal lenses.

 

Rutnin is a great hospital but both their appointment scheduling and "estimation" functions leave a lot to be desired.

 

 

Just had my last consultation with Rutnin, and the total of costs for 1 eye monfocal is THB100k. (Surgery fee + follow up.)

 

 

On 7/2/2022 at 5:42 PM, Imua said:

Sheryl, you got that right,

"Rutnin is a great hospital but both their appointment scheduling and "estimation" functions leave a lot to be desired."

My appointment with Dr Roy was at 11:00am and I waited until 1:00pm to see him.

 

I am so relieved that I am finally finished with Rutnin. The bureaucracy is a complete nightmare, and unnecessary. My visit to the doctor (scheduled at 09.50) took 4 hours door to door, which is pretty standard at Rutnin. The lens assessment was very unprofessional, and I shall use my own optician to do a more assured reading tomorrow, for my adjusted lenses, as post op they both need adjusting. 

 

The treatment and surgery is good, (Dr Roy), but the organisation is tedious to the extreme, and although a private hospital, with fees to match, it's like a factory, with seemingly endless "stations". It would be nice to have most things done by 1 operator.

 

I need another eye done, (cataract), but am definitely looking for an alternative option to Rutnin. 

Edited August 19, 2022 by samtam

[lopburi3]

8 minutes ago, samtam said:

with seemingly endless "stations". It would be nice to have most things done by 1 operator.

Believe that is by design as those at each station have one job and are expected to be expert at that specific duty.  But indeed found it like a chess game when was using for CVFT many years ago.  Since then my hospital has invested in such equipment so no need to go there.  Most hospitals have full facilities and doctors for cataract testing and surgery.

[samtam]

1 hour ago, lopburi3 said:

Believe that is by design as those at each station have one job and are expected to be expert at that specific duty.  But indeed found it like a chess game when was using for CVFT many years ago.  Since then my hospital has invested in such equipment so no need to go there.  Most hospitals have full facilities and doctors for cataract testing and surgery.

Yes. Sadly the lady who was checking my prescription for new lenses was not very good. Dirty lenses, sitting in front of the eye test screen, so I couldn't see it without asking her to move. My Japanese optician is much more attentive and professional, and he doesn't charge me THB910 for the pleasure.

[orientalist]

Anyone had a cataract op done on social security here? I am told i would qualify at least for one eye but my 20-year experience with prakan sangkom has left me unimpressed with the quality of service. Although I live in Bangkok I am registered with a small hospital in Samut Prakarn that does not have an opthalmology dept, so I assume I'd be referred somewhere else in that province and have no say in the matter.

 

Second option would be a reasonably priced op in Bangkok. Rutnin quoted me 80k+ so that is out. I could have waited another year or two but a recent bout of uveitis treated with steroid drops has made the cataracts much worse in both eyes.

[Sheryl]

18 hours ago, orientalist said:

Anyone had a cataract op done on social security here? I am told i would qualify at least for one eye but my 20-year experience with prakan sangkom has left me unimpressed with the quality of service. Although I live in Bangkok I am registered with a small hospital in Samut Prakarn that does not have an opthalmology dept, so I assume I'd be referred somewhere else in that province and have no say in the matter.

 

Second option would be a reasonably priced op in Bangkok. Rutnin quoted me 80k+ so that is out. I could have waited another year or two but a recent bout of uveitis treated with steroid drops has made the cataracts much worse in both eyes.

 

Your poor experience is not related to being on social security but rather to your specific nominated hospital.

 

Which you can, and should, change.

 

Ask your local SS office for a list of hospitals accepting new SS enrollments.

[nigelforbes]

I was recently very impressed with all aspects of the Runtin and with Dr Roy. Especially after reading reviews here that said the place was so difficult to navigate and that the lack of English speaking staff was a such a problem, neither of which was true.

[lopburi3]

2 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Especially after reading reviews here that said the place was so difficult to navigate

Unless it has changed you went into an optical sales area on ground floor - but all medical activity is on second floor - but you have to pay bill on ground floor - once you see one person you are told to sit (and hope that someone will actually call or get you for next stage).  Yes I would call it a very confusing experience the 5 or 6 times I used them.  But worth the effort.  It is not a Bumrungrad experience however.

Edited September 25, 2022 by lopburi3

[nigelforbes]

7 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Unless it has changed you went into an optical sales area on ground floor - but all medical activity is on second floor - but you have to pay bill on ground floor - once you see one person you are told to sit (and hope that someone will actually call or get you for next stage).  Yes I would call it a very confusing experience the 5 or 6 times I used them.  But worth the effort.  It is not a Bumrungrad experience however.

I visited last month for the first time. English speaking greeters meet patients at the front door where registration is done, after which we were told to go to station number 2, around the corner. My name was called after 5 minutes and a very complete medical history was taken by someone who wasn't just trying to tick boxes. On to station number 3, nearby and clearly marked where various eye tests were performed. And so it continued until I ended up outside Dr Roys office, half an hour later. My appointment with him was for 9:30, I saw him at 9:45. I thought is all went very smoothly and I couldn't see where it might be improved on and I'm picky about these things at times.

 

The best part was realizing that I was in the hands of a doctor who is very  clearly an expert and highly competent, that's a nice feeling.

[lopburi3]

34 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

I visited last month for the first time. English speaking greeters meet patients at the front door where registration is done, after which we were told to go to station number 2, around the corner. My name was called after 5 minutes and a very complete medical history was taken by someone who wasn't just trying to tick boxes. On to station number 3, nearby and clearly marked where various eye tests were performed. And so it continued until I ended up outside Dr Roys office, half an hour later. My appointment with him was for 9:30, I saw him at 9:45. I thought is all went very smoothly and I couldn't see where it might be improved on and I'm picky about these things at times.

 

The best part was realizing that I was in the hands of a doctor who is very  clearly an expert and highly competent, that's a nice feeling.

Appears things have changed as there was no meet and greet and you had to find your own way up to 2nd floor to get to a large waiting room/reception.  I was just going for CVFT as my hospital did not have a testing unit at the time (they now have) but had to go through the eye testing first.  Sounds like it is a better experience now.

[orientalist]

On 9/25/2022 at 10:22 AM, nigelforbes said:

I was recently very impressed with all aspects of the Runtin and with Dr Roy. Especially after reading reviews here that said the place was so difficult to navigate and that the lack of English speaking staff was a such a problem, neither of which was true.

My own experience of Rutnin over 20 years has been excellent with the exception of a basic vision test which (a few yeatrs ago) I found too perfunctory and nowhere near the standard you find at Boots or Specsavers in the UK or at Bumrungrad. All the specialists I have seen have been excellent.  

[orientalist]

I have astigmatism and have read there are special - more expensive - "toric" cataract implants for this. Anyone had these inserted?

[Thaiaddict01]

Hi I have very bad nearsightedness, -15 in both eyes. So I am very prone to retina detachment. if there is some impact against my eyes or any symptoms happening, I need to get retina detachment surgery with in 1,2 days or might be partial or total blind. Does Rutnin also have retina detachment surgeons or retina specialists? Any idea how much it costs for retina detachment surgery? If they don't then just go with their recomendation right, should be no problem. I appreciate any recommendation for retina detachment surgeon as well thanks.

 

Actually it's been a year since my last eye exam for general eye health and retina exam, earlier I saw for eye exam is about 3500 baht is that about right for Rutnin? Thanks for your help

[Sheryl]

2 hours ago, Thaiaddict01 said:

Hi I have very bad nearsightedness, -15 in both eyes. So I am very prone to retina detachment. if there is some impact against my eyes or any symptoms happening, I need to get retina detachment surgery with in 1,2 days or might be partial or total blind. Does Rutnin also have retina detachment surgeons or retina specialists? Any idea how much it costs for retina detachment surgery? If they don't then just go with their recomendation right, should be no problem. I appreciate any recommendation for retina detachment surgeon as well thanks.

 

Actually it's been a year since my last eye exam for general eye health and retina exam, earlier I saw for eye exam is about 3500 baht is that about right for Rutnin? Thanks for your help

Yes, Rutnin has retinal specialists and is able to treat retinal detachment. I recommend Dr. aroy there for this.

 

This thread mentions costs  https://aseannow.com/topic/930942-detached-retina/

 

 

Last time i did full retinal exam there it can to about 5,000 baht. This was using some sort of special equipment that takes special photos - I forget the name of it - and was because there was some abnormal finding. Might not always be necessary.

[Thaiaddict01]

13 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Yes, Rutnin has retinal specialists and is able to treat retinal detachment. I recommend Dr. aroy there for this.

 

This thread mentions costs  https://aseannow.com/topic/930942-detached-retina/

 

 

Last time i did full retinal exam there it can to about 5,000 baht. This was using some sort of special equipment that takes special photos - I forget the name of it - and was because there was some abnormal finding. Might not always be necessary.

Thanks a lot sounds like Rutnin is the place to go if I run into troubles, I went to their site but couldn't find Dr Aroy. 

 

Yeah Optomap costs money to do, here in the US they offered it to me once and I had to pay extra on top of the eye exam, I declined.

[nigelforbes]

15 minutes ago, Thaiaddict01 said:

Thanks a lot sounds like Rutnin is the place to go if I run into troubles, I went to their site but couldn't find Dr Aroy. 

 

Yeah Optomap costs money to do, here in the US they offered it to me once and I had to pay extra on top of the eye exam, I declined.

His name is Dr Roy:   https://www.rutnin.com/en/doctor/detail.36.1_Roy_15_0.html

Edited October 18, 2022 by nigelforbes

[Sheryl]

16 hours ago, Thaiaddict01 said:

Thanks a lot sounds like Rutnin is the place to go if I run into troubles, I went to their site but couldn't find Dr Aroy. 

 

Yeah Optomap costs money to do, here in the US they offered it to me once and I had to pay extra on top of the eye exam, I declined.

Sorry that was typo, it is Dr. Roy

 

https://www.rutnin.com/en/doctor/detail.36.1_Roy_0_0.html#thumb

 

He is also at Bumrungrad and you can see his CV tere

https://www.bumrungrad.com/en/doctors/Roy-Chumdermpadetsuk

 

But treatment at Bumrungrad would cost substantially mroe than at Rutnin so better to see hiom at the latter

 

Re optomap, I agreed to have it because exam was showing some retinal degeneration. It wasn't suggested prior to that, but in that instance i felt it was well worth it to be sure. (Turned out to be what is called "paving stobne" degenration which is benign). Like you I am a "high myope".  (-14 pre-LASIK)

[Thaiaddict01]

56 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Like you I am a "high myope".  (-14 pre-LASIK)

You did LASIK? I asked a doctor before and he said -15 is too high for LASIK. (I think, it's been 4 years.....I think I asked two, one said yes one said no) It varies from person to person I guess. You had LASIK done at Rutnin?

 

And in my last exam I was told the presbyopia will be kicking in soon, that will add more difficult I am sure ????

[Sheryl]

6 hours ago, Thaiaddict01 said:

You did LASIK? I asked a doctor before and he said -15 is too high for LASIK. (I think, it's been 4 years.....I think I asked two, one said yes one said no) It varies from person to person I guess. You had LASIK done at Rutnin?

 

And in my last exam I was told the presbyopia will be kicking in soon, that will add more difficult I am sure ????

Yes I had Lasik. With great results.

 

I did it at TSRC (Thai Refractive Surgery Center). It was the first place in Thailand to do it and has more experiebce in it than everywhere else. 

 

I opted to go for monovision(one eye fully corrected and the other undercorrected,( to avoid the need for reading glasses later)  and 22 years on it still works. They did my worst eye first as they knew they probably eouldn't be able to get it to 20/20. Waited a couple of months to let it stabilize  then based on it they ppanned thd next eye. I ended up 20/20 one eye and 20/40 the other and it works very well. No glasses needed for distance or reading. 

 

Note though that 5he various risks assiciated with myopia (greater incidence retinal detachment etc) remain even after correcting vision with surgery  

[flexomike]

On 8/16/2022 at 3:20 PM, doctormann said:

I did pay extra for the initial eye examination, which was carried out at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.  That was to specify the lenses and to check for glaucoma or any other problems.  This was less than 2000 Baht.

 

The only other expenses were for post-op medication - eye drops that you have to use for a few weeks.  Didn't cost much.

 

I had my first eye done just a few days after the initial exam and the second eye a month after that.  I had a final check on both eyes after a further three months.

 

Be aware that it does take a few days - it did in my case - before you can see clearly with the operated eye.  Immediately after the operation the eye is 'packed' and the packing is removed after 24 hours.  I had to go back to BPH for this.  No possibility of driving yourself anywhere at this stage so you need someone to assist you.  Depending on the degree of corneal swelling it does take a while for the eye to settle down.  In my case, the left eye took about four days before I could see clearly.  The right eye only about one day.

 

i found that the biggest PITA was the need to use eye drops every few hours for the first couple of weeks and needing to use an eye shield overnight.  All good now though and I am very pleased with the result.

We're you required to spend a night in the hospital 

[doctormann]

11 hours ago, flexomike said:

We're you required to spend a night in the hospital 

No, everything done as outpatient.

[samtam]

On 7/2/2022 at 5:07 PM, TantrikLvr said:

Highly recommend Dr. Apivat Pothikamjorn, at the Thai Eye Center. Half the price of Rutnin. Several friends as well as myself, had both eyes done, new type of Tri-focal IOL implants there by him. Can consult with him at Samitivej soi 49, then operate at his Uncles center. About 75k baht.  Tell him Michael recommended you..

Is Thai Eye Center "his uncle's center"?

[bradiston]

I just got quoted 95-100k THB for one cataract at Bangkok Pattaya hospital, today, being 13th March, 2023.

[lopburi3]

5 minutes ago, bradiston said:

I just got quoted 95-100k THB for one cataract at Bangkok Pattaya hospital, today, being 13th March, 2023.

With what type of lens replacement?

[bradiston]

Just now, lopburi3 said:

With what type of lens replacement?

That I don't know as yet. They're checking with my insurers (Wrlife) and a few other details. Not sure what. I wasn't interested in making any snap decisions, so will await their email.

[lopburi3]

1 minute ago, bradiston said:

That I don't know as yet. They're checking with my insurers (Wrlife) and a few other details. Not sure what. I wasn't interested in making any snap decisions, so will await their email.

It can vary quite a bit if want multi focal type rather than basic single focal type and they should be addressing that.  But if insured mono I believe is still the norm.