Pricing breakdowns and cost-savings comparisons by procedure and destination vs. US/UK/EU baseline prices.
NHS breast reduction in parts of England needs a BMI under 27 and 500 g removed per breast. US insurers use the Schnur scale. Self-pay in Leeds: £9,020.
Root canal cost in England is £76.60 on the NHS, £332.10 with a crown. Private UK: £350-£1,400. Turkey: €130-€400. The hard part is finding an NHS dentist.
LASIK cost: US data and a UK chain quote per eye, but booking sites price Turkey and Mexico both ways, so the same $1,500 can mean one eye or two. Ask which.
Dental bridge cost: NHS England charges £332.10 for a whole bridge, but clinics in Turkey and Hungary quote per unit, and one bridge is usually three units.
Non-refundable deposit terms from nine clinics abroad: three keep it outright, and only four say what you get back if the surgeon declines to operate.
A gastric sleeve abroad is advertised at about GBP 2,210. Treating the complications afterwards cost the health service GBP 1,058 to GBP 19,549 per patient.
A British card adds 2.75 to 2.99 percent to a non-sterling payment, so a EUR 15,000 clinic bill costs EUR 412 to EUR 449 more. Refunds are charged too.
The NHS won't let you pay only for a multifocal lens, so you pay for the whole operation, from £3,195 an eye. Medicare and German insurers charge the extra.
Surgery starts at GBP 3,500 in London and GBP 2,485 in Istanbul. One English commissioner funds it at a BMI of 18-25 held a year; two publish no criteria.
Five US labels say their units convert into nobody else's, and set frown-line doses of 20 to 50 units. A 4-dollar unit and a 25-dollar unit can cost the same.
German insurance pays 60-75% of standard-care cost for dentures made in Hungary. One court case shows what happens when the foreign plan is not approved first.
Austria's ÖGK refunds 80% of its own tariff for essential dentures but nothing for crowns, bridges or implants. Its clinics sell a zirconia crown at €888.
Korea refunded foreign patients 10% VAT on cosmetic surgery until 31 Dec 2025. Of five tax systems checked, none refunds a medical traveller anything now.
UK guides advertise implants at £250-£700 in Turkey against £2,000-£3,200 at home. Eight countries compared line by line -- and what sits outside the quote.
Fewer than 1 in 10 crowdfunding campaigns reach their goal. Why Dutch patients fundraise for surgery abroad, and what their insurance won't pay.
Research in Thailand and Barbados documents doctors pulled into private hospitals serving foreign patients, and prices rising for residents. What the evidence shows.
The Medical Tourism Association's 65% figure has no traceable source. What financing surgery abroad really costs, from 5.9% loans to 32.99% deferred interest.
Istanbul clinics sell fixed packages from about $2,960 with hotel and transfers included; US quotes run $4,000-$20,000 for surgery alone. What the price hides.
A US heart bypass quoted at $150,000-$200,000 runs $5,000-$8,500 in Bangalore. Cardiac, knee, hip and dental costs compared, plus what the price leaves out.
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