Radical Prostatectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of radical prostatectomy 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 radical prostatectomy 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 radical prostatectomy, 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

A radical prostatectomy takes away the whole prostate gland and the seminal vesicles to treat prostate cancer that has not spread beyond the prostate, or only just outside it.

A radical prostatectomy is normally offered to men whose cancer has not spread beyond the prostate or has spread only just outside it, and other options may include active surveillance and radiotherapy.

Prostate Cancer UK says that open, keyhole and robotic approaches give similar results in controlling cancer.

Prostate Cancer UK reports a admission of one to five days, a catheter for one to two weeks and no heavy lifting for about eight weeks after a radical prostatectomy.

Prostate Cancer UK names leaking urine, which normally improves over one to six months, erection issues, and infertility with dry orgasm, whereas a blood transfusion is required in fewer than 1 in 100.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance recommends no flights for 10 days following open abdominal surgery, which usually means about a fortnight in Gurgaon.

A Gurgaon quote for radical prostatectomy 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.
• Approach: open, keyhole or robotic.
• Lymph nodes: taken out if required.
• Catheter: for one to two weeks.
• Follow-up: PSA blood tests.

Cancer surgery costs depend on the stage, the approach (open, keyhole or robotic) and any further treatment, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

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.

Gurgaon sits on the south-western edge of Delhi, a short road transfer from Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the usual arrival point for international patients.