For the last decades, India has presented the high-quality medical services for patients around the globe. Over 270,000,000 patients from the USA, China, and Europe visit India for treatment annually. International patients have evaluated the world standard healthcare services. Why do millions of patients choose India for treatment? And what quality of service can India offer?
Medical tourism in India has begun to develop with the arrival of American patients. The US insurance does not cover the expensive operations in America. That’s why Americans have started to find out clinics in the other countries. People in the USA prefer to make plastic surgeries in Brazil or Thailand. But more serious operations, for example, Da Vinci robotic prostatectomy, Americans do in countries like India.
Taking into account situation in the US, India has begun to invest in the private hospitals actively. Indian doctors undergo internship and training in the United States. American doctors cooperate with the Indian ones, and world standard equipment makes India one of the leading countries in the world the field of medical tourism.
For the high-quality services and patients safety, a lot of Indian medical centers have received the world-renowned JCI (Joint Commission International) accreditation. Moreover, cost of the treatment in Indian hospitals is lower than in American ones. The price for the same procedure in the US is starting from $150,000, while in India the price is 3-4 times lower. Thus, the cost of flying to India balances with the lower cost of treatment.
A unique feature of Indian medicine is producing and using the most significant number of generics (full analogs of expensive drugs) in the world. Prescribing generics Indian doctors reduce the cost of treatment by 5-10 times.
Telemedicine is well developed in India. In the problematic cases, Indian doctors cooperate with their international colleagues, for example, from the United States.
The most advanced and complex diagnostics in Indian clinics approximately lasts no more than 3 days.
The prices for some medical procedures (comparison):
- Coronary bypass surgery cost in the United States is starting from $130,000, and in India from $7,000.
- Hip replacement price in the United States is starting from $43,000, and in India from $7,000.
The level of medical services in Indian hospitals is on the same level with American ones.
Nowadays medical tourism in India is popular with patients from Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and other countries. The cost of medical tourism in India for the foreign patients is starting from $4,000-8,000.
There are top 5 medical centers in India that provide the highest quality level of healthcare services:
All medical content on this page is prepared by authors with specialized medical education and reviewed by certified physicians in the relevant field. Medical review by Fahad Mawlood, Medical Editor & Data Scientist.
Last updated: October 18, 2023.
- Statistics: Figures are based on Bookimed’s internal database December 2025, which includes analysis of 12,450 patient requests across accredited clinics in .
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