maestro rechargeable system Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of the Maestro Rechargeable System 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 the Maestro Rechargeable System in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If the operation is planned and you need only a short stay in neuro intensive care, 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 the surgery is more complex, special navigation or monitoring equipment or an implanted device is used, or you need longer in intensive care.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for the Maestro Rechargeable System, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Neuro-intensive care days
• Implants or devices used
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

The Maestro Rechargeable System is a weight-loss implant that interrupts vagus nerve signals close to the stomach; US approval came in 2015, but we found nothing to show it is available in India.

As obesity specialist Dr Arya Sharma explains, two electrodes are fitted on the vagal nerves during keyhole surgery and wired to a rechargeable unit under the skin that blocks the signals on and off through the waking day, and its settings can be adjusted or turned off.

The US FDA approved it in January 2015 for adults with a BMI of 40 to 45, or 35 to 39.9 with a related condition.

Average weight loss was about 10 to 15%, and the main trial results were weaker than expected.

Compare its evidence with established operations including sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass before considering it.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance treats 7 days after brain or nerve surgery as the shortest wait, and neurosurgeons often ask for longer.

A Gurgaon quote for the Maestro Rechargeable System is normally made up of these items:

• Scans before the operation: MRI, CT or an angiogram.
• Theatre, navigation and monitoring: including nerve monitoring when it is used.
• Days in neuro intensive care: after the operation is over.
• Availability: unconfirmed in India.
• Keyhole surgery: to place electrodes.
• Charging and adjustment: ongoing.
• Follow-up: with a bariatric team.

We found no evidence that this device is currently offered in Gurgaon or elsewhere in India, so treat any estimate with caution and ask the hospital to confirm the exact device.

Gurgaon's larger hospitals provide neurosurgery with neuro-intensive care and, in some units, intraoperative imaging or nerve monitoring, so ask which your operation will involve.

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.