PET CT Scan Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of a PET-CT scan 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 a PET-CT scan in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If you have a standard scan or scope without sedation, 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 contrast, a tracer, sedation or a biopsy is needed.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for a PET-CT scan, check whether each quote includes:

• Specialist consultation
• The test or session itself
• The written report or review
• Any repeat sessions or follow-up

PET-CT combines two scans in a single appointment, with PET using a low-dose radioactive tracer to show tissue activity and CT showing anatomy, and the pairing is a standard way of staging cancer.

For an FDG scan, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust allows only plain water in the six hours beforehand, and anyone with diabetes should phone the department in advance because a low blood sugar is needed.

The visit takes about two hours: after the injection you rest for 60 to 90 minutes, and the scan itself lasts 10 to 20 minutes.

Doctors use PET-CT to confirm or exclude a diagnosis, to find out how far a cancer has spread and to see whether treatment is working.

The trust advises drinking plenty of fluids and keeping away from pregnant women and small children for six hours, and the report normally reaches the referring doctor in one to two weeks.

Flying home: scans and scopes rarely hold up travel, though you should not fly on a day you were sedated, and keep spare days in Gurgaon in case further tests are needed.

A Gurgaon quote for a PET-CT scan is normally made up of these items:

• Sedation: where needed.
• Specialist reporting: review of the images.
• Tracer: normally FDG, sometimes others.
• Scan area: whole body or one region.
• Reporting: by a nuclear medicine specialist.
• Setting: hospital or diagnostic centre.

One scan is normally priced well below the upper figure above, so it is worth asking whether the Gurgaon price includes the tracer, the written report and a specialist review.

Scans and diagnostic scopes in Gurgaon are available in hospital departments and stand-alone centres; a hospital setting is easier if a biopsy or treatment may be needed.

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 was officially renamed Gurugram by the Haryana government in 2016, so hospital letters, maps and taxi apps may use either name.