Urethroplasty Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of urethroplasty 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 urethroplasty 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 urethroplasty, 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

Urethroplasty repairs a stricture, or narrowing, of the urethra, the tube urine passes through, by cutting out the narrowed part or by enlarging it with a graft.

A stricture can lead to a weak or spraying stream, straining and urine infections; it may result from injury, infection, inflammation or earlier procedures, and simpler options such as stretching or cutting often help only for a short time.

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust describes two main types: removing the narrow section and joining the ends, or widening it with a graft taken from inside the cheek.

Newcastle Hospitals reports a stay of about three to four days, with a catheter left for two to three weeks and an X-ray test of the urethra at about three weeks before it comes out.

It states that the stricture can return in up to 20% of men, and changes in erections and dribbling after passing urine are possible.

Flying home: there is no aviation figure for this procedure, so book after the surgeon's review and ask how to lower clot risk on a long flight.

A Gurgaon quote for urethroplasty 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.
• Stricture: length and site.
• Technique: joining the ends or a graft.
• Stay: commonly three to four days.
• Catheter: for two to three weeks.

Confirm whether the Gurgaon estimate includes the surgeon, theatre, any catheter or stent and its removal, the stay and follow-up tests.

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.

Haryana adopted the national Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 in 2018, starting with larger private hospitals, so you can ask a Gurgaon hospital for its registration under the Act.