Arterial Switch Operation Cost in United Arab Emirates

The cost of arterial switch operation in the UAE typically ranges from $2,000 to $18,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

The arterial switch operation corrects transposition of the great arteries, a condition in which the aorta and lung artery are connected to the wrong pumping chambers. In the UAE, the price depends on:

• Newborn intensive care
• Pre-surgery procedures: such as balloon septostomy.
• Bypass surgery
• Follow-up

Newborn heart surgery and intensive care often cost more than the range above.

Queensland Children's Health explains that babies often need prostaglandin medicine and a balloon atrial septostomy to mix blood until surgery.

Surgery is done in the first few weeks of life. The two great arteries are switched to the correct chambers, and the coronary arteries are moved to the new aorta.

Coverage for congenital heart treatment depends on the child's insurance plan; planned procedures need insurer prior approval under basic UAE plans. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi lists complex neonatal and infant open-heart surgery among the services of its Children's Heart Institute, and Dubai Health has a paediatric cardiac surgery department.