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 treatmentWhat 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 hospitalHow to combine treatment with travel?
Recovery-friendly itineraries, visas, payments, interpreters — practical planning for a trip that is part medical, part discovery.
Plan treatment + travelPopular treatments
Dental care
Dental implants
3–7 days
Dental care
Dental crowns & veneers
3–10 days
Dental care
Dental check-up & cleaning
1–1 days
Dental care
Root canal treatment
4–14 days
Dental care
Orthodontics (braces & aligners)
Eye care & vision
Refractive surgery (SMILE / LASIK / ICL)
5–10 days
Eye care & vision
Cataract surgery (IOL implant)
7–21 days
Eye care & vision
Eyeglasses & optometry
1–3 days
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- Dental care
- Eye care & vision
- Health check-ups
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Orthopedics & sports medicine
- Oncology
- Cardiology
- Neurology & neurosurgery
- Reproductive medicine
- Plastic & aesthetic surgery
- Dermatology
- ENT & hearing
- Rehabilitation
- Obstetrics & gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Gastroenterology & endoscopy
- Urology
- Endocrinology & diabetes
- General & minimally invasive surgery
- Medical imaging
- Respiratory medicine
Featured destinations
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.
Featured hospitals
How it works
Learn the basics
Read our guides on quality, safety and realistic costs — so you know what to expect before contacting anyone.
Shortlist hospitals
Filter the directory by city, specialty and language. Every contact and claim links to its source.
Contact international desks
Use each hospital's own contact details or our bilingual letter generator to reach international departments directly.
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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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.
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.
136 hospitals documented820 sources on file774 checkable facts