Stapedectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of stapedectomy in Gurgaon typically ranges from $1,900 to $7,000 USD (about ₹1.80 lakh to ₹6.64 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for stapedectomy in Gurgaon is around $3,500 (about ₹3.32 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 $1,900 (about ₹1.80 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $7,000 (about ₹6.64 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 stapedectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Packing, splints or dressings
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Stapedectomy (stapes surgery) replaces a stiffened very small bone in the middle ear, the stapes, with a small prosthesis, to improve hearing loss caused by otosclerosis.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust says that in otosclerosis the stapes bone becomes rigid and cannot vibrate properly, reducing hearing, and that it commonly starts in early adult life and can run in families.

Options include monitoring, a hearing aid or surgery, and the operation takes just over an hour under general anaesthetic, commonly through the ear canal with no outside cut, with the majority of people going home the next day.

Frimley advises resting at home for about two weeks, taking at least a week off work and avoiding flying and swimming until the surgeon says it is safe.

It describes a very high success rate, although improvement cannot be promised, with a completely deaf ear very rare and tinnitus, taste changes and dizziness possible.

Flying home: cabin pressure changes can cause pain or trouble after ear, nose or sinus surgery, so the ENT surgeon checks you are fit to fly at the review appointment.

A Gurgaon quote for stapedectomy 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.
• Technique: stapedectomy or stapedotomy.
• Anaesthesia: normally general.
• Stay: commonly one night.
• Hearing tests: before and after.

Confirm whether the Gurgaon estimate includes the surgeon, theatre, stay, any lab tests and follow-up appointments.

ENT surgery in Gurgaon is carried out in multi-speciality hospitals with endoscopes and operating microscopes, and head and neck cases can involve reconstructive and cancer teams.

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.