Radical Hysterectomy with Lymph Node Dissection Cost in New Delhi, India

The cost of radical hysterectomy in New Delhi typically ranges from $1,500 to $4,230 USD (about ₹1.42 lakh to ₹4.01 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for radical hysterectomy in New Delhi is around $2,700 (about ₹2.56 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 $1,500 (about ₹1.42 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $4,230 (about ₹4.01 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing New Delhi packages for radical hysterectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Laboratory tests on removed tissue
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A radical hysterectomy with lymph node dissection removes the womb, cervix, upper vagina and surrounding tissue together with the pelvic lymph nodes, mainly to treat early cervical cancer.

The LACC trial, reported by ASCO Post, found disease-free survival at four and a half years of 86.0% after minimally invasive radical hysterectomy, compared with 96.5% after open surgery.

Since then many cancer centres prefer open surgery for cervical cancer, so ask the gynaecological oncologist which approach is advised and why.

The NHS describes radical hysterectomy as removing the womb with the tubes, part of the vagina, the ovaries, lymph glands and fatty tissue, although in younger women the ovaries are sometimes kept.

Bladder problems can follow because nerves lie close to the cervix, and leg swelling (lymphoedema) can follow lymph node removal; recovery takes several weeks.

Fit-to-fly window: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals advises not flying for 10 days after abdominal surgery, so plan about two weeks in Delhi.

A Delhi estimate for radical hysterectomy is usually built from these parts:

• Tests before surgery: blood tests, imaging and an anaesthetic check.
• Operating theatre and anaesthesia: billed largely by time in theatre.
• Surgeon grade: consultant fees vary between hospitals.
• Surgical approach: open, keyhole or robotic, where options exist.
• Open or keyhole: evidence favours open for cervical cancer.
• Ovaries removed or kept: depending on age and cancer type.
• Further treatment: radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
• Length of stay: several days.

Cancer surgery costs depend on the stage, how much is removed and any further treatment such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so complex cases in Delhi can cost more than the range above.

Gynaecology in Delhi NCR is provided by multi-speciality and women's hospitals, with keyhole and hysteroscopic surgery widely offered.

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.