Liver resection Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of liver resection 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 liver resection in New Delhi is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 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 $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing New Delhi packages for liver resection, 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

A liver resection removes part of the liver, most often to treat cancer that has spread from the bowel, and the liver that remains regrows over the following months.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says the commonest reason is bowel cancer that has spread to the liver, and it is also used for primary liver and bile duct cancers and occasionally for benign conditions.

The trust explains that up to two-thirds of the liver can be removed and the rest regrows to near-normal size in about three months, and portal vein embolisation may be carried out first if too little liver would remain.

Oxford reports a mortality of 1 to 2% in specialist centres, and about 1 in 6 patients need a blood transfusion.

Most people leave hospital three to seven days after surgery and resume normal activities after two to three months.

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 liver resection is usually built from these parts:

• Tests before surgery: blood tests, imaging and an anaesthetic check.
• Operating theatre and anaesthesia: billed largely by time in theatre.
• Surgeon grade: consultant fees vary between hospitals.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where options exist.
• Extent: how much liver is removed.
• Approach: open, keyhole or robotic.
• Intensive care: after surgery.
• Stay: often three to seven days.

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

Gastrointestinal and cancer operations in Delhi NCR are performed by surgical teams in multi-speciality hospitals that have critical care and endoscopy on the same site.

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.

Ask the hospital's international patient desk, where one exists, whether it provides the hospital letter for the e-Medical visa application, airport pickup, interpreters and help with nearby accommodation.