One more indicator that Thai private hospitals (and not only BPH or PIH. Bamrungrad in BKK is another good example) are boasting a lobby more like a 5 - star hotel than a hospital.

They want to impress you, soften you up, in order to prepare you for their hefty bills.

I want to pay for a competent doctor, not for a 5 - star lobby I don't need!

Dental check up and clean 50 Baht,full course of penicillin 60 Baht,so the X ray would have taken up the slack

One more indicator that Thai private hospitals (and not only BPH or PIH. Bamrungrad in BKK is another good example) are boasting a lobby more like a 5 - star hotel than a hospital.

They want to impress you, soften you up, in order to prepare you for their hefty bills.

I want to pay for a competent doctor, not for a 5 - star lobby I don't need!

I want a competent doctor AND a 5* lobby. Do you think the doctors at BPH and PIH are not as good as the doctors you find at hospitals with 1* lobbies?

1850 Baht (approx $58) for an office visit with a specialist to include X-rays. I'm guessing such a visit in the U.S./Europe with no insurance coverage would cost a LOT, LOT more thatn $58.

we are in thailand .... get a grip

it's people like you that are going to ruin it or have already.........................................

i just wish people would stop making comparisons with their over inflated capitalistic home countries

I'll bet that most of the people on this forum that comment on people complaining about prices, have a business interest in Thailand, now that's a bet I will take

We could vbe even more silly ref this post.In England this treatment would be free,so there