Bentall procedure Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of the Bentall procedure in Chennai typically ranges from $1,550 to $5,750 USD (about ₹1.47 lakh to ₹5.45 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for the Bentall procedure in Chennai is around $2,850 (about ₹2.70 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your surgery is planned, you recover without problems and you stay in a shared room, your bill is likely to be closer to $1,550 (about ₹1.47 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $5,750 (about ₹5.45 lakh) if your operation is more complex or a repeat operation, you need longer in intensive care, special valves or grafts are used, or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for the Bentall procedure, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Intensive care days
• Valves, grafts or devices
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

The Bentall procedure replaces the aortic valve, the aortic root and the first part of the aorta with one graft that contains a valve, after which the coronary arteries are stitched back onto the graft.

It is used when a widened aortic root comes with a damaged aortic valve, after dissection of the root, for a bicuspid valve with an enlarged aorta and in connective tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome.

The Marfan Foundation emphasises that results are far better when the operation is done before a dissection occurs.

When the aortic valve itself is healthy, a valve-sparing root replacement might keep it and avoid the trade-offs of an artificial valve, and the Marfan Foundation outlines valve-sparing re-implantation as the usual choice of this type in connective tissue disorders.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust observes that a mechanical valve means taking warfarin for life.

Fitness to fly: there is no aviation figure specific to this procedure, so fly after the surgeon has reviewed you and ask how to reduce clot risk on a long journey.

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

• Pre-surgery assessment: angiography, an echo scan, blood work and an anaesthetic review.
• Theatre and heart-lung machine: operating hours plus the perfusion team.
• Cardiac ICU stay: the line on the bill most likely to change.
• Valve in the graft: mechanical or tissue.
• Timing: planned or urgent, for example after a dissection.
• ICU and total stay: frequently 10 days or more.
• Scans: CT angiogram and echocardiogram.

Request a written, itemised estimate from the Chennai hospital that names the implant or device brand, the expected days in intensive care and the type of room.

Several private hospitals in Chennai run cardiac surgery units with their own perfusion teams and cardiac intensive care, so you can compare written estimates from more than one before travelling.

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.

Chennai International Airport, at Meenambakkam on the south-western side of the city, handles direct international flights, and most hospitals are a road journey away, so check the transfer time when you book.