Mastectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of mastectomy 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 mastectomy in Gurgaon 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 Gurgaon packages for mastectomy, 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 mastectomy takes away the whole breast, normally to treat breast cancer or to lower risk in women with a high inherited risk.

Breast Cancer Now describes simple, skin-sparing (normally with reconstruction) and nipple-sparing mastectomy, and the lymph nodes under the arm are checked, with a sentinel node biopsy if there are no signs of spread.

Cancer Research UK points out that mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy work equally well for suitable people, and mastectomy may be advised for large or multiple tumours.

Breast Cancer Now points out that some people go home the same day or within 23 hours if there is no reconstruction.

Drains, wound care and arm exercises follow, and reconstruction lengthens recovery.

Flying home: there is no aviation figure for this procedure, so book after the surgeon's review and ask how to lower clot risk on a long flight.

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

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of mastectomy: simple, skin- or nipple-sparing.
• Lymph node surgery: sentinel biopsy or clearance.
• Reconstruction: at the same time or later.
• Further treatment: chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

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

Digestive and abdominal operations in Gurgaon are carried out by surgical teams in multi-speciality hospitals with critical care and endoscopy on site.

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.

Where a Gurgaon hospital has an international patient desk, ask whether it can issue the letter for your e-Medical visa and help with airport pickup, interpreters and a place to stay nearby.