Orchidectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

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

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Stents or catheters
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

An orchidectomy takes away one or both testicles, most commonly to diagnose and treat testicular cancer, and sometimes to lower testosterone in advanced prostate cancer.

The commonest reason for removing one testicle is suspected testicular cancer, whereas removing both may be used to lower testosterone in advanced prostate cancer as an alternative to hormone injections.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust describes radical orchidectomy through a small cut in the groin under general anaesthetic, taking about 30 minutes, with the option of placing a testicular implant through the same cut.

The trust advises showering after 48 hours and avoiding heavy lifting and contact sport for about two weeks, with stitches normally dissolving within two to three weeks.

Possible effects include bruising, swelling, infection and implant issues, and men may wish to discuss sperm banking ahead of surgery.

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 orchidectomy 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.
• Extent: one or both testicles.
• Implant: if wanted at the same time.
• Stay: normally a day case.
• Lab tests: on the taken out tissue.

This is normally a short day-case procedure, so a Gurgaon estimate close to the upper figure above would be unusual; ask what the price includes.

Urology departments in Gurgaon's larger hospitals routinely provide endoscopic stone treatment and keyhole operations, and some offer robotic surgery.

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.

Haryana adopted the national Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 in 2018, starting with larger private hospitals, so you can ask a Gurgaon hospital for its registration under the Act.