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Reference Cost Index — Original Data

The Shifa AlHind GCC Medical-Travel Cost Index

A reference dataset aggregating 26 data points across 11 procedures in 6 GCC countries, showing exactly how much the same procedure costs in India versus at home.

26
Data points
11
Procedures
6
GCC countries
2026
Edition
Cost by Procedure

India Floor vs GCC Average

Green bar = the floor price available at our partner hospitals. Grey bar = average private-hospital price across 6 GCC countries. The gap is your saving.

Dental Implants (per tooth)76% saving
Floor: $900GCC avg: $3,800
India (floor)$900
GCC (average)$3,800
🇦🇪$4,000−77%🇶🇦$3,800−76%🇧🇭$3,600−75%
Cataract Surgery75% saving
Floor: $1,200GCC avg: $4,750
India (floor)$1,200
GCC (average)$4,750
🇦🇪$5,000−76%🇴🇲$4,500−73%
Hair Transplant75% saving
Floor: $1,500GCC avg: $6,000
India (floor)$1,500
GCC (average)$6,000
🇴🇲$6,000−75%
Liposuction72% saving
Floor: $2,500GCC avg: $9,000
India (floor)$2,500
GCC (average)$9,000
🇶🇦$9,000−72%
Rhinoplasty69% saving
Floor: $2,500GCC avg: $8,000
India (floor)$2,500
GCC (average)$8,000
🇰🇼$8,000−69%
Hip Replacement77% saving
Floor: $3,200GCC avg: $14,000
India (floor)$3,200
GCC (average)$14,000
🇴🇲$14,000−77%
IVF / Fertility69% saving
Floor: $3,500GCC avg: $11,333
India (floor)$3,500
GCC (average)$11,333
🇦🇪$12,000−71%🇸🇦$11,000−68%🇧🇭$11,000−68%
Knee Replacement70% saving
Floor: $4,500GCC avg: $14,800
India (floor)$4,500
GCC (average)$14,800
🇦🇪$16,000−72%🇸🇦$15,000−70%🇶🇦$14,000−68%🇰🇼$15,000−70%🇧🇭$14,000−68%
Heart Surgery (CABG)82% saving
Floor: $5,200GCC avg: $28,833
India (floor)$5,200
GCC (average)$28,833
🇦🇪$30,000−83%🇸🇦$32,000−84%🇶🇦$28,000−81%🇴🇲$26,000−80%🇰🇼$30,000−83%🇧🇭$27,000−81%
Cancer Treatment (chemo cycle)68% saving
Floor: $8,000GCC avg: $24,500
India (floor)$8,000
GCC (average)$24,500
🇸🇦$25,000−68%🇰🇼$24,000−67%
Kidney Transplant58% saving
Floor: $25,000GCC avg: $60,000
India (floor)$25,000
GCC (average)$60,000
🇸🇦$60,000−58%

Source: Shifa AlHind GCC Medical-Travel Cost Index 2026 (refreshed quarterly) · Figures are indicative; your exact quote is confirmed in writing by a named partner hospital.

Research Methodology

How This Index Was Compiled

  1. 1

    India cost floors are the minimum published package price per procedure across our 6 named partner hospitals in Bangalore, Delhi NCR, and Chennai. Floors are refreshed quarterly as partner-hospital rates change.

  2. 2

    GCC home-country prices are published tertiary-care estimates for the same procedure in a private hospital in the patient's country of residence. Estimates use the most recent published government rate card or the top two national insurers' published price tables.

  3. 3

    Savings percentage is calculated as (GCC price − India floor) ÷ GCC price, rounded to the nearest whole number. All figures are in USD unless labelled otherwise.

  4. 4

    Per-country local-currency figures are India floor USD × the country's published FX rate at the start of the current calendar quarter. The FX rate is locked at booking, not at the date this index was compiled.

  5. 5

    This index is an indicative planning tool. Each patient's exact quote is confirmed in writing by a named hospital and a fixed facilitation fee, both separate line items — see /financing for the fee structure.

Compiled by Shifa AlHind research team. Data sources: published partner-hospital package price lists (Q2026 rate cards), national insurance price tables, and central-bank FX bulletins. All figures are indicative; your individual quote is confirmed in writing.
Hospitals Cited in This Index

Our Named Partner Hospitals

Every floor price in this index comes from a real, JCI/NABH-accredited partner hospital. Each links directly to its hospital page.

Bangalore

Narayana Health City

Cardiac & 4,000-bed super specialty

JCI / NABH Accredited
Bangalore

Manipal Hospital

Robotic surgery & cancer care

JCI / NABH Accredited
Bangalore

Fortis Hospital

Joints, neuro & paediatric

JCI / NABH Accredited
Delhi NCR

Medanta The Medicity

1,600-bed tertiary & transplant hub

JCI / NABH Accredited
Chennai

Apollo Hospitals

Cardiac, ophthalmology & joint care

JCI / NABH Accredited

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