Medical tourism savings by top country compared to U.S. 2016

This statistic depicts the estimated range of savings in top medical tourism destinations, compared to the U.S. as of 2016. A patient from the U.S. could save up to 90 percent of costs if he chose to go to India for a medical procedure.

Range of savings in top medical tourism destinations, compared to the U.S. as of 2016*

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Release date

May 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

as of 2016

Supplementary notes

* Using US costs across a variety of specialties and procedures as a benchmark, average range of savings for the most-traveled destinations.
Patients Beyond Borders' editors define a medical traveler as anyone who travels across international borders for the purpose of receiving medical care. We do not count in-country expatriates, tourists in need of emergency medical care, companions accompanying medical travelers, or multiple patient episodes that occur over the course of one medical visit.

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