Mastoidectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of mastoidectomy 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 mastoidectomy 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 mastoidectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Packing, splints or dressings
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A mastoidectomy takes away infected or diseased bone from the mastoid, the honeycomb-like bone behind the ear, commonly for chronic infection or cholesteatoma.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust says that mastoid surgery treats chronic ear infection that has spread into the mastoid, and cholesteatoma, a skin growth in the ear for which surgery is the only effective treatment.

Surgery lasts one to three hours under general anaesthetic, and many people go home the same day or the next.

The trust's leaflet names bleeding, infection, dizziness, ringing in the ear, a change in taste and hearing loss, with facial weakness being rare.

A dressing may stay in the ear for weeks, the ear must be kept dry and about two weeks off work is advised.

Flying home: cabin pressure changes can cause pain or trouble after ear, nose or sinus surgery, so the ENT surgeon checks you are fit to fly at the review appointment.

A Gurgaon quote for mastoidectomy 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 operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Kind of mastoidectomy: and extent of surgery.
• Hearing reconstruction: if combined.
• Length of stay: same day or overnight.
• Follow-up: ear checks and cleaning.

Ask the Gurgaon hospital whether the quote includes the anaesthetist, the hearing or pathology tests and the post-operative clinic appointments.

ENT surgery in Gurgaon is carried out in multi-speciality hospitals with endoscopes and operating microscopes, and head and neck cases can involve reconstructive and cancer teams.

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.

International patients apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and up to two family members can usually travel on e-Medical Attendant visas; confirm the current rules on the official Indian visa portal.