ICL Surgery Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of ICL surgery in New Delhi 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 ICL surgery in New Delhi is around $3,500 (about ₹3.32 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If one eye is treated with a standard lens or technique, 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 a specialised lens or graft is used, both eyes are treated or advanced equipment is needed.

When comparing New Delhi packages for ICL surgery, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• The lens, implant or graft
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

ICL (implantable collamer lens) surgery places a thin lens inside the eye, in front of the natural lens, to correct short sight, long sight or astigmatism without removing eye tissue.

An ICL is often chosen by people with strong prescriptions or with corneas too thin for laser surgery, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust explains that keeping the natural lens is why it is called phakic lens implantation.

Measurements of the eye confirm there is room for the lens before surgery is booked.

Imperial describes a 2 to 3 mm opening at the edge of the cornea through which the folded lens is placed behind the iris, and most people go back to work the following day, with a check about a week later.

Risks include too much or too little correction, haloes and glare, cataract, raised eye pressure, infection and corneal swelling, and eye pain, haloes with nausea or blurred vision need urgent care.

Fit-to-fly window: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals suggests about 1 week after intra-ocular surgery, after the eye surgeon's check.

A Delhi estimate for ICL surgery is usually built from these parts:

• Eye measurements and scans: before surgery.
• Lens, implant or graft: standard or premium.
• Surgeon grade: consultant fees vary.
• Lens type: standard or toric.
• Eyes treated: one or both, and timing.
• Pre-surgery tests: eye measurements.
• Follow-up: checks in the first weeks.

Eye surgery quotes in Delhi often list the lens or implant, surgeon, theatre, medicines and follow-up visits separately, so compare like with like.

Eye treatment in Delhi NCR is offered both by hospital ophthalmology departments and by dedicated eye hospitals with separate cataract, cornea, glaucoma and retina clinics.

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.

International patients usually arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi; allow for road travel time, as hospitals are spread across Delhi and the neighbouring NCR cities.