Breast Conservation Surgery - BCS Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of breast-conserving surgery in Gurgaon typically ranges from $1,900 to $7,000 USD (about ₹1.80 lakh to ₹6.64 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for breast-conserving surgery in Gurgaon is around $3,500 (about ₹3.32 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $1,900 (about ₹1.80 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $7,000 (about ₹6.64 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for breast-conserving surgery, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Intensive care if needed
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Breast-conserving surgery, also called lumpectomy or wide local excision, takes away the tumour with a rim of healthy tissue and keeps most of the breast, and radiotherapy normally follows.

Cancer Research UK states that, for suitable people, breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy cures breast cancer as well as mastectomy does, and breast radiotherapy normally runs for one to three weeks.

Because a treated breast cannot normally have radiotherapy a second time, a cancer that comes back in that breast is normally treated with mastectomy.

The taken out tissue is checked under a microscope, and Cancer Research UK points out that a second operation may be required if cancer cells reach its edge.

Many people leave hospital the same day or the next, and recovery is normally faster than after mastectomy, but the stay should allow for radiotherapy too.

Flying home: there is no aviation figure for this procedure, so book after the surgeon's review and ask how to lower clot risk on a long flight.

A Gurgaon quote for breast-conserving surgery is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Node surgery: sentinel biopsy or more.
• Localisation: a wire or marker to find the lump.
• Re-excision: if margins are not clear.
• Radiotherapy: normally afterwards.

Cancer surgery costs vary with the stage, how much is taken out and any further therapy, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

Digestive and abdominal operations in Gurgaon are carried out by surgical teams in multi-speciality hospitals with critical care and endoscopy on site.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Where a Gurgaon hospital has an international patient desk, ask whether it can issue the letter for your e-Medical visa and help with airport pickup, interpreters and a place to stay nearby.