BMHR Cost in Chennai, India

The cost of a Birmingham Mid-Head Resection in Chennai typically ranges from $510 to $4,900 USD (about ₹48,400 to ₹4.65 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for a Birmingham Mid-Head Resection in Chennai is around $1,650 (about ₹1.57 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If a standard implant is used and you stay in a shared room, your bill is likely to be closer to $510 (about ₹48,400). It is likely to be nearer $4,900 (about ₹4.65 lakh) if a specialised implant is used, both sides are treated, it is a repeat operation or you choose a private room.

When comparing Chennai packages for a Birmingham Mid-Head Resection, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Implants, plates or screws
• Physiotherapy
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

BMHR (Birmingham Mid-Head Resection) is a metal-on-metal hip implant that removes the upper part of the ball and uses a short stem through the femoral neck, sitting between resurfacing and a full hip replacement.

In a BMHR the upper part of the femoral head is removed and a short stem is passed through the femoral neck, with a metal head moving in a metal cup in the socket.

It has been used in younger people with poor bone in the upper head, for example after loss of blood supply (avascular necrosis) or bone cysts, where standard resurfacing is unsuitable.

UK MHRA guidance on metal-on-metal hips recommends regular review, imaging and metal ion blood tests, and while its 2015 alert names the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing system, similar follow-up is usually applied to related implants.

Pain, limping or swelling around the hip should be reported promptly.

Fitness to fly: aviation guidance has no single figure for bone and joint surgery, but leg operations make clots on long flights more likely, so ask about prevention; the UK Civil Aviation Authority's medical guidance suggests 24 to 48 hours after a plaster cast.

In Chennai, the price of a Birmingham Mid-Head Resection is generally built from these parts:

• Assessment before surgery: X-rays, scans and a fitness check.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: billed largely on operating time.
• Physiotherapy: while you are in hospital and after you leave.
• Selection: bone quality and size.
• Implant: metal head and cup.
• Stay: a few days.
• Monitoring: lifelong scans and blood tests.

Ask each Chennai hospital for an itemised costing showing any implant, surgeon, theatre, stay and physiotherapy, so offers can be compared fairly.

Orthopaedic departments in Chennai handle joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, generally with physiotherapists on site so that you start moving soon after surgery.

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.