Angiography Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of angiography in Chennai typically ranges from $410 to $980 USD (about ₹38,900 to ₹93,000), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for angiography in Chennai is around $570 (about ₹54,100). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If the procedure is planned and you go home the same day or the next morning, your bill is likely to be closer to $410 (about ₹38,900). It is likely to be nearer $980 (about ₹93,000) if the arteries are harder to treat, extra stents or devices are needed, or you stay longer.

When comparing Chennai packages for angiography, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Stents, balloons or closure devices
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Coronary angiography is an X-ray test in which contrast dye, injected through a fine tube placed in the wrist or groin, shows up the heart arteries so that any narrowing can be seen.

North Bristol NHS Trust makes clear that the wrist or groin is numbed with local anaesthetic so you stay awake, with sedation available if you are anxious, while dye is injected and X-ray images are recorded.

Most patients go home the same day after approximately three hours of recovery.

North Bristol NHS sets out small risks of stroke, heart attack or emergency surgery, while allergic reactions to the dye are very rare.

Driving waits 48 hours and heavy lifting four to five days, and it helps to keep a copy of the report and images.

Fitness to fly: the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance covers coronary angioplasty (about 5 days if all goes well) but not every catheter procedure, so ask the specialist once the access site has healed.

In Chennai, the price of angiography is generally built from these parts:

• Assessment before the procedure: blood work, an ECG and any previous scans.
• Cath lab costs: time in the lab, imaging and the wires, balloons or devices.
• Consultant's fee: for the interventional cardiologist or radiologist.
• Test: catheter or CT coronary angiogram.
• Stay: most patients leave the same day.
• Extra tests: such as pressure-wire studies.
• Angioplasty: if done at the same time, the package changes.

If a stent is placed during the same test, a Chennai bill generally moves to an angioplasty package, so agree this prior to the procedure.

Catheter laboratories in Chennai's larger hospitals usually sit alongside cardiac surgery on the same campus, which matters if a procedure has to switch to an open operation.

Hospitals in Chennai can hold NABH accreditation, India's national quality standard set by a board of the Quality Council of India and itself accredited by ISQua, and the NABH website shows whether an accreditation is still valid.

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredits a number of Indian hospitals, and its public directory lets you check whether a Chennai hospital on your shortlist is currently included.

Foreign patients can apply online for an Indian e-Medical visa, and family members who travel with them for an e-Medical Attendant visa; the official visa website lists the current conditions.