HIPEC Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of HIPEC in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for HIPEC in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 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 $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if a specialised implant is used, both sides are treated, it is a repeat operation or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for HIPEC, 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

HIPEC (hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy) bathes the inside of the abdomen in heated chemotherapy during surgery, after visible cancer on the abdominal lining has been taken out (cytoreductive surgery).

Cancer Research UK describes cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC as the main treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei, and it is also used for some peritoneal mesothelioma and for selected bowel, appendix and ovarian cancers that have spread to the abdominal lining.

NICE advises that it is carried out only in specialist centres.

Cancer Research UK points out that the operation can last about 10 hours, followed by 24 to 48 hours in intensive care and two to three weeks on the ward, and a return to full activity can take a minimum of six months.

It reports complications in about 30% of people and a stoma in about 20%, so it is worth asking how many HIPEC operations the hospital carries out each year.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance recommends no flights for 10 days following open abdominal surgery, which usually means about a fortnight in Gurgaon.

A Gurgaon quote for HIPEC is normally made up of these items:

• Tests before the operation: X-rays, other scans and an anaesthetic check.
• Theatre and anaesthetic: charged mainly by operating time.
• Implant choice: brand and type of joint, plate or screws.
• Rehabilitation: physiotherapy on the ward and once you leave.
• Extent of surgery: organs and lining taken out.
• Operation length: commonly about ten hours.
• Intensive care: and a long stay.
• Centre experience: matters.

Cancer treatment costs vary with the stage, the extent of treatment and any further therapy, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

Orthopaedic departments in Gurgaon cover joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, usually with in-house physiotherapy so that patients start moving soon after surgery.

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.

Gurgaon sits on the south-western edge of Delhi, a short road transfer from Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the usual arrival point for international patients.