Cost of a doctor visit without insurance?

[Jonathanmcgill]

Hello,

Does anyone know approximately how much a doctor visit costs without insurance? I'm sure it ranges from area to area. I'm near Surat.

Thanks

[AyG]

You visit the doctor, or the doctor visits you?

Hospital doctor or local clinic?

What speciality?

[Brit_Doggie]

Hospital or clinic in region of 200 baht just to look at your face, then you will need of all things is paracetomol (forgive spelling), last time I went to clinic 200 baht and 200 baht more for lotion that I already purchased at local pharmacy for about 60 baht.

[Jonathanmcgill]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

[lovelomsak]

Govt hospital 50 baht.

Where are you?

I use the Srinakarin hospital in Khon Kaen. Went yesterday saw heart specialist and got 12 weeks med,plus blood checked all for less then 900 baht Heart specialist was 50 baht charge on bill.

Sorry saw Surat second time i read post. If you mean Suat thani they have a very good government hospital give it a try.

Edited December 13, 2015 by lovelomsak

[masuk]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

You'll need pathology tests and stool samples and so you'll be up for 1000THB or more for the Pathology.

To be honest, it's much easier to take the two giardia tablets and you're done.

[cardinalblue]

silly post - a fraction of what a western doctor costs....

you are not going to go b/c it's 250-300B to see the doctor?

If you have a medical problem then you will pay for lab tests, treatments medicine but still ridiculously cheap in relative terms to the west...

Don't sweat it....

CB

[Muhendis]

If you have a tabien baan then your local hospital doctor (govt.) is free but you must expect to pay for medicines, blood tests, operations etc.

[crazykopite]

Here on Koh Samui the government hospital is very reasonable . I have a friend who is a regular customer and his medication and doctors charge are less than a 1,000 baht . When I have taken him I have placed my arm in a diagnostic machine that takes your blood , heart and pulse readings it costs nothing and you get a print out. If I were to go to one of the many private hospitals I know the free reading I do would cost me several hundred baht if not more !

[gamini]

If you have a tabien baan then your local hospital doctor (govt.) is free but you must expect to pay for medicines, blood tests, operations etc.

It must be a blue tambien baan, not a yellow one.

[thaiduncankk]

Govt hospital 50 baht.

Where are you?

I use the Srinakarin hospital in Khon Kaen. Went yesterday saw heart specialist and got 12 weeks med,plus blood checked all for less then 900 baht Heart specialist was 50 baht charge on bill.

Sorry saw Surat second time i read post. If you mean Suat thani they have a very good government hospital give it a try.

Government hospital is the way to go.

There are clinics around, but with limited equipment, so they may well refer you to the hospital.

Once you have registered for the first time at the Government hospital, should you need to go there again for another reason, all your records will be on file, saving the hassle of giving all your details over again.

[chiang mai]

It will cost no more than 200 baht for the consultation with a doctor at a government hospital, make sure you go to the hospital and not a small clinic, AND, don't accept any medication or diagnosis unless you've actually been tested beforehand - expect the tests to cost up to 800 baht.

[n210mp]

Pattaya memorial hospital for treatment associated with Dyshydrotic eczema

Consultant Dermatologist

Plus 2 weeks prednisalone

1 course of antibiotic

1 weeks antihistamine

1 intravenous injection of prednisalone

2 small tubes of Fucicort antibiotic cream

Total medicine 19750 Baht

Doctor 800 Baht

grand cost 2750 Baht

Local clinic with Skin Doctor (well known and established) just below Big C (Carrefoure) on Pattaya Klang

2 weeks course Prednisalone

Doctor fee

1 tub of ? Cream

1 week course of antihistamine

Total cost 800 Baht

Edited December 14, 2015 by n210mp

[bushwacker]

Hi n210np, I know this is Thailand and anything is possible, but how can you grand cost of 2,750 baht be less than you medicine of 19,750 baht.

[bark]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

I lived here for 12 years. First time I got sick; I went to Bangkok Medical Hospital. 3-4,000 bt. After that I met a girl, bought a house; and she told me to use local small Thai hospitals. I did that for 10 years. Now divorced, lost half the house ( 1/2 of 8 million ). Wish I had kept going to Bangkok Medical Hospital. I would have saved about 4 million baht. Good luck !

[MikeOwen]

If you have a tabien baan then your local hospital doctor (govt.) is free but you must expect to pay for medicines, blood tests, operations etc.

It must be a blue tambien baan, not a yellow one.

I get free treatment on a yellow book , I was given a hospital number as well.

[Jonathanmcgill]

What are blue and yellow tambien bean's?

[Jimmpy]

Don't know much about government hospitals in Thailand.

Live in Bangkok and go to Bumrungrad and have been to Bangkok Hospital.

Both are excellent.

Doctor's cost is about 500 Bhat but tests can get expensive.

[chiang mai]

What are blue and yellow tambien bean's?

A Tabien Bahn is a book that shows ownership of property, a blue one is for locals whilst a yellow one is for farangs.

[maderaroja]

Government hospital = ฿50 plus medicines.

[chiang mai]

If you have a tabien baan then your local hospital doctor (govt.) is free but you must expect to pay for medicines, blood tests, operations etc.

It must be a blue tambien baan, not a yellow one.

I get free treatment on a yellow book , I was given a hospital number as well.

If you are a farang and you get free treatment on the basis of a yellow book alone, you must live in the back of beyond, cut off from all communication with the outside world and be the only farang in the history of Thailand who can do that! Getting a hospital number is no big deal, everyone gets one of those.

Edited December 14, 2015 by chiang mai

[thaiduncankk]

Government hospital = ฿50 plus medicines.

My last visit, doctor: 30 baht, 3 steroid nebulizers, 1 steroid injection and medication to take home,

Grand total 123 baht.

Bear in mind, it is the same medication that would have been administered at a RAM or Bangkok hospital.

A bit of a longer wait, (assuming it is not too urgent), and a bit more of a language barrier, but if you can overcome that problem,far, far cheaper.

[lovelomsak]

Govt hospital 50 baht.

Where are you?

I use the Srinakarin hospital in Khon Kaen. Went yesterday saw heart specialist and got 12 weeks med,plus blood checked all for less then 900 baht Heart specialist was 50 baht charge on bill.

Sorry saw Surat second time i read post. If you mean Suat thani they have a very good government hospital give it a try.

Government hospital is the way to go.

There are clinics around, but with limited equipment, so they may well refer you to the hospital.

Once you have registered for the first time at the Government hospital, should you need to go there again for another reason, all your records will be on file, saving the hassle of giving all your details over again.

I totally agree with you. I have a bladder problem. Went to Bumrungrad 3 years ago with the problem . Supposed to be best urologist in thailand. after 2 years of just getting worse the doctor claimed he could do nothing for me gave me my medical records and told me to find another doctor.and hospital. I went to Srinakarin and was hospitalised for 2 weeks was given antibiotics by needle 3 times a day had blood tests done daily. When I left the cost for 2 weeks in hospital plus meds for 3 months and cathater all for 18,000 baht. They make an appointment for me every 3 months to check progress. Now when i go back they look up my medical record and have everything they have done on record.

[louse1953]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

Just go to the chemist and get some pills and examine your poo with a magnifying glass.Take again a week later.

[chiang mai]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

Just go to the chemist and get some pills and examine your poo with a magnifying glass.Take again a week later.

That's super bad advice, protozoa can only be seen with a microscope!

[louse1953]

What are blue and yellow tambien bean's?

A Tabien Bahn is a book that shows ownership of property, a blue one is for locals whilst a yellow one is for farangs.

Yellow book just shows where you live,as we all know you can't own land.

[fred Kubasa]

Normal Doctor's visit fee is 6 to 800 B unless....... that DR. is at a private hospital which will

add + + + + in mysterious extra " Hospital " fees !

[louse1953]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

Just go to the chemist and get some pills and examine your poo with a magnifying glass.Take again a week later.

That's super bad advice, protozoa can only be seen with a microscope!

Fair enough,but op didn't ask about protozoa,did he.If symtoms continue,of course,see a doctor.

[chiang mai]

What are blue and yellow tambien bean's?

A Tabien Bahn is a book that shows ownership of property, a blue one is for locals whilst a yellow one is for farangs.

Yellow book just shows where you live,as we all know you can't own land.

I don't know what it shows for other people but in my case it shows that I have an interest in a property, my name is on the back of the chanotte as being in control of an usufruct. I would not have been able to get a yellow book with out it, according to Land Office in Mae Rim and also the village headman where I live.

[chiang mai]

Sorry I didn't specify.

Just want to check for parasites and Giardia...

Local clinic as I am in the middle of nowhere. I live in a village pretty much.

Just go to the chemist and get some pills and examine your poo with a magnifying glass.Take again a week later.

That's super bad advice, protozoa can only be seen with a microscope!

Fair enough,but op didn't ask about protozoa,did he.If symtoms continue,of course,see a doctor.

Protozoa is a parasite.