PET Scan Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of a PET scan in New Delhi 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 New Delhi 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 New Delhi 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 uses a small dose of radioactive tracer to show how organs and tissues are working, and is used mostly in cancer care and for some heart and brain conditions.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust notes 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.

Fit-to-fly window: most scans and scopes do not delay travel, but avoid travelling on the day of sedation and allow time in Delhi in case further tests follow.

A Delhi estimate for a PET scan is usually built from these parts:

• Type of scan or scope: and any contrast or tracer.
• Sedation: if needed.
• Specialist report: 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 usually priced well below the upper figure above, so ask whether the Delhi price includes the tracer, the written report and a specialist review.

Scans and diagnostic scopes in Delhi NCR are offered in hospital departments and independent centres; a hospital setting is simpler if a biopsy or treatment may follow.

India's national hospital standard is set by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of the Quality Council of India whose standards are accredited by ISQua; you can check a Delhi hospital's current NABH status on the NABH website.

Delhi has a long record with international accreditation: India's first hospital to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, in July 2005, is in New Delhi, and JCI keeps a public list of accredited organisations.

International patients usually arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi; allow for road travel time, as hospitals are spread across Delhi and the neighbouring NCR cities.