HIPEC Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of HIPEC in New Delhi 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 New Delhi 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 New Delhi 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 removed (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 recommends that it is carried out only in specialist centres.

Cancer Research UK notes that the operation can last about 10 hours, followed by 24 to 48 hours in intensive care and two to three weeks in hospital, and a return to full activity can take at least six months.

It reports complications in about 30% of patients and a stoma in about 20%, so ask how many HIPEC operations the hospital carries out each year.

Fit-to-fly window: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals advises not flying for 10 days after abdominal surgery, so plan about two weeks in Delhi.

A Delhi estimate for HIPEC is usually built from these parts:

• Tests before surgery: X-rays, scans and fitness checks.
• Operating theatre and anaesthesia: billed largely by time in theatre.
• Implants: type and brand of joint, plates or screws.
• Physiotherapy: in hospital and after discharge.
• Extent of surgery: organs and lining removed.
• Operation length: often around 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 Delhi can cost more than the range above.

Delhi NCR has a wide base of orthopaedic departments covering joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma, usually with physiotherapy on site for early mobilisation.

India's national hospital standard is set by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India whose standards are accredited by ISQua; you can check a Delhi hospital's current NABH status on the NABH website.

Delhi has a long record with international accreditation: India's first hospital to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, in July 2005, is in New Delhi, and JCI keeps a public list of accredited organisations.

Private hospitals and nursing homes in Delhi must hold a registration from the Delhi government under the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1953, so you can ask a hospital for its current registration certificate.