Best Clinics in Austria 2026

Wiener Privatklinik (WPK) is a private multi-specialty hospital in Vienna, Austria, in the university quarter next to the Vienna General Hospital, founded in 1871 and physician-led since 1995. It has over 300 doctors across more than 30 specialties, with oncology as its central focus: the Central European Cancer Center combines surgery, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy with interdisciplinary tumour boards and shared imaging.

It is also known for general and abdominal surgery, orthopaedics, urology and nerve surgery, is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and has been a Newsweek World's Best Hospital for six years running. About 45% of its 12,000 yearly patients come from over 20 countries.

Confraternität & Goldenes Kreuz is one of Vienna's largest private hospitals, formed in 2026 from the merger of two long-established institutions: the Confraternität, Vienna's oldest private hospital dating back to 1729, and the Goldenes Kreuz, home to Austria's largest private maternity department. The merged hospital operates on a shared campus close to the Vienna General Hospital, with a new joint building planned to open by the end of 2028.

It has around 120 beds, treats roughly 9,000 inpatients a year, and works with a network of about 350 affiliated specialists, many of them university professors. The hospital is part of the Mavie Med group, which belongs to the UNIQA insurance group.

Döbling Private Hospital is a private multidisciplinary hospital located in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1987, the hospital has 160 inpatient beds and is part of the PremiQaMed Group, a healthcare network within the UNIQA Group. The hospital provides diagnostics, surgery, inpatient treatment, and rehabilitation in one location. Patients are treated by the specialist of their choice. The hospital is particularly known for orthopedics, robot-assisted surgery using the da Vinci Xi system, oncology, maternity care, and 24-hour acute medical services.

Vienna General Hospital (Allgemeines Krankenhaus, AKH Wien) is a public university hospital in Vienna, Austria, and the teaching hospital of the Medical University of Vienna, with 29 university clinics. Founded by Emperor Joseph II in 1784 and rebuilt as a modern campus opened in 1994, it treats conditions from routine care to complex and rare cases referred from other hospitals, with particular strength in cancer medicine through the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna and in transplant medicine.

The hospital has 1,691 beds, 56 operating theatres and around 1,600 doctors who are also active researchers, and treats about 630,000 patients a year.

Privatklinik Laßnitzhöhe is a private rehabilitation clinic with 330 beds in Laßnitzhöhe, near Graz, Austria, owned by SANLAS Holding, a Styrian healthcare group with over 40 years of experience. Certified to ISO 9001, it specialises in neurological rehabilitation after stroke, brain tumours, brain and spinal injuries, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's, and in orthopaedic rehabilitation after hip, knee and shoulder surgery using the G-EO robotic gait trainer, also offering inpatient pain therapy and Austria's first cochlear-implant hearing rehabilitation programme.

The clinic treats both adults and children, admitting around 4,000 patients a year. It welcomes international patients.

Rudolfinerhaus is a private, multi-specialty hospital in the 19th district of Vienna, Austria, set in a park at the edge of the Vienna Woods. Founded in 1882 by surgeon Theodor Billroth and named after its patron, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, it was almost completely rebuilt in 2020 and now has 156 beds, most in private apartments. It brings together internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, orthopaedics, gynaecology, neurology and neurosurgery, urology, oncology and ENT on one site, with MRI, CT and angiography in the building, and holds comprehensive ISO 9001 certification covering all its services.

It treats more than 10,000 patients a year.

Leech Private Clinic (Privatklinik Leech) is a private surgical clinic in the centre of Graz, southern Austria, part of the SANLAS Holding group. On a Belegarzt basis, patients choose their specialist, who uses the clinic's infrastructure. With 44 beds and three operating theatres, it covers nearly every surgical field except obstetrics: ophthalmology, orthopaedics, urology (with a new endoscopic prostate technique), ENT, plastic, gynaecological and vascular surgery, plus cancer procedures such as breast-conserving tumour surgery and skin tumour removal.

It also runs a day clinic with on-site CT, X-ray and endoscopy, treats about 6,500 patients a year, and welcomes international patients.

Radiotherapy center Amethyst Radiotherapy Austria is a radiation oncology clinic located inside Vienna Private Clinic, near Vienna University Hospital. It treats tumors of the prostate, breast, lung, and brain, plus benign conditions like arthrosis. Listed among Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.

• Uses a next-generation Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator for advanced techniques.
• Offers IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, and stereotactic radiosurgery with real-time imaging.
• Treatment planning uses integrated MRI, CT, and ConeBeam CT for individualized care.
• Works closely with leading researchers and clinicians at Vienna University Hospital.

Armona Medical Alpinresort is a small clinic in Kufstein, Austria, with 3 departments and 5 doctors. It operates in an Alpine resort setting.

• Treats around 800 patients annually.