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Prepare for your medical trip to China

Find hospitals and official booking options, learn what to expect and what it may cost, and plan your trip.

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Why China — and what is worth the trip?

What international patients actually come for: dental work, eye surgery, health check-ups, TCM and more — with honest notes on when it makes sense and when it does not.

Why China for treatment

What do Chinese hospitals look like?

Public tertiary giants, international departments, private clinics: how the system works, which hospitals serve foreign patients, and in which cities.

How to choose a hospital

How to combine treatment with travel?

Recovery-friendly itineraries, visas, payments, interpreters — practical planning for a trip that is part medical, part discovery.

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Popular treatments

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Dental care

Dental implants

3–7 days

Dental care

Dental crowns & veneers

3–10 days

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Dental check-up & cleaning

1–1 days

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Root canal treatment

4–14 days

Dental care

Orthodontics (braces & aligners)

Eye care & vision

Refractive surgery (SMILE / LASIK / ICL)

5–10 days

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Cataract surgery (IOL implant)

7–21 days

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Eyeglasses & optometry

1–3 days

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Featured destinations

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Beijing

Beijing

China's medical capital: national-level hospitals with long-established international departments

Shanghai

Shanghai

Mainland China's largest medical hub, with two international airports and the Yangtze Delta rail network at your door.

Guangdong

Guangzhou

South China's biggest medical hub, under an hour from Hong Kong by rail

Guangdong

Shenzhen

A modern metropolis on Hong Kong's doorstep, home to a HKU-run public hospital

Sichuan

Chengdu

Western China's strongest hospitals plus teahouses, parks and pandas: the easiest big city to recover in

Zhejiang

Hangzhou

University hospitals with veteran international centers, beside West Lake and an hour from Shanghai by rail.

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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

浙江大学医学院附属邵逸夫医院

HangzhouPublic hospitalGrade 3AJCI mentioned in sourcesInternational desk

Public grade-3A general hospital of Zhejiang University in central Hangzhou, managed in its first five years by Loma Linda University (USA). Its International Medical Center, opened in 2009, is a separate outpatient area that reports serving about 50,000 visits from 168 countries and regions, with direct billing for 28 international insurers. Appointments can be made by phone, email or online registration.

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How it works

  1. Learn the basics

    Read our guides on quality, safety and realistic costs — so you know what to expect before contacting anyone.

  2. Shortlist hospitals

    Filter the directory by city, specialty and language. Every contact and claim links to its source.

  3. Contact international desks

    Use each hospital's own contact details or our bilingual letter generator to reach international departments directly.

  4. Plan the trip

    Check visas, payments and recovery-friendly activities — or let the AI planner draft a day-by-day itinerary.

AI treatment + travel planner

Tell it your treatment, dates and interests. It drafts a realistic day-by-day plan around your hospital visits — appointments, rest days, sights that fit recovery.

Paid per plan; follow-up questions and revisions included. Plans are examples, not medical advice.

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Latest guides

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Your First TCM Visit in China: Pulse, Tongue, Herbs & Acupuncture

A long consultation, a look at your tongue, a check of your pulse — then a course of treatment. Here is the full first-visit walkthrough.

Medical Care in Mainland China for Taiwan Residents (2026)

Your 台胞证 opens every hospital desk, but online booking, insurance and Taiwan NHI refunds each follow their own rules. Here is how they fit together.

Cross-Border Medical Care for Hong Kong & Macau Residents (2026)

Home Return Permit at the desk, vouchers at designated clinics, an HA subsidy for some follow-ups — and the limits that come with crossing the border for care.

China Health Checkup Packages Explained: Tiers, Prep, Results (2026)

Checkup packages are menus, not medicine. Here is how to read the tiers, prepare for the fasting morning, and pick tests that are actually worth doing.

Getting Your Chinese Medical Records Translated (2026 Guide)

Collect the right documents before you leave, translate only what your doctor or insurer needs, and know when a certified translation or apostille is required.

Dental Tourism Compared: China vs Thailand, Turkey & Mexico (2026)

Four very different dental-travel models. China caps public-hospital implant fees; the others are market-priced. Here is how to compare them honestly.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do international patients go to China for medical treatment?

The usual mix is capacity and value: large tertiary hospitals with high case volumes, modern equipment, short waiting times for many procedures, and prices that are often well below Western private rates. Traditional Chinese medicine and the chance to combine care with travel are additional draws.

Is medical treatment in China safe?

Major public tertiary (Grade III-A) hospitals treat enormous caseloads to national standards, and some hospitals hold international accreditation. Safety depends on choosing the right facility for your procedure — not on the country label — so vet the hospital, not the brochure.

Do I have to use the international department?

No — no rule requires it. Ordinary outpatient clinics are open to everyone at the same regulated prices and often allow same-day registration, but they are a Chinese-language, self-service environment with no interpreters. International departments are an optional paid tier — English, appointments, direct insurance billing — at roughly 3–10 times ordinary prices, with capacity capped at 10% of a hospital's services.

Do doctors in China speak English?

At international departments of big-city hospitals, usually yes — many senior doctors read and speak English. Elsewhere English is inconsistent, so plan for an interpreter rather than assuming.

How much cheaper is treatment in China?

It varies by procedure and city, and public-hospital prices are regulated and typically published. Savings are often substantial compared with private Western prices, but always compare total trip cost — flights, hotels, companion costs — not just the procedure fee.

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How we source information

Every phone number, accreditation and price on CareAtlas is linked to a source we actually read — official hospital pages and government sites first. Unknown stays unknown; we never invent facts, testimonials or rankings, and hospitals cannot pay for placement.

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