PET Scan Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of a PET 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 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 scan, check whether each quote includes:

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

A PET scan shows how organs and tissues are functioning by tracking a low dose of radioactive tracer, and its main uses are in cancer care and some heart and brain conditions.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust points out that PET reveals how tissues are working and CT reveals their shape, so a combined scan helps locate abnormal activity precisely.

Nearly all PET scans are now carried out as PET-CT, and the PET-CT page explains the preparation in more detail.

Outside cancer care, PET can look at heart muscle and help in assessing dementia and epilepsy, with a different tracer chosen for each question.

The tracer clears from the body over a few hours and the trust describes the radiation risk as very small, though close contact with pregnant women and small children should be avoided for a few hours.

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 scan is normally made up of these items:

• Sedation: where needed.
• Specialist reporting: review of the images.
• Tracer: chosen for the clinical question.
• PET alone or PET-CT: most scans are PET-CT.
• Scan area: whole body or one region.
• Reporting: by a specialist.

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.

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.