KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital
MY Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia · Multi-specialty
Trust Index 86 · Exceptional
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KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital is the 19th hospital in the KPJ Healthcare Berhad network, located in Bukit Mertajam on mainland Penang (Seberang Perai). A January 2025 South Wing expansion, officiated by Malaysia's Prime Minister, raised its bed capacity from 193 to 319. It is JCI-accredited (Hospital Program, since 2013) and MSQH-accredited, and ranked #16 in Malaysia in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.
Verified against: KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital — official site (hospital overview) · Joint Commission International — Find Accredited Organizations directory (Malaysia filter; KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital, IHCO ID 60000973, effective 1 Nov 2013) · MSQH — Accredited Hospitals directory (Penang, private hospitals, current 30 Apr 2025) · BERNAMA — "KPJ Penang Expands With South Wing Launch, Enhancing Healthcare Access" (11 Jan 2025) · Newsweek — World's Best Hospitals 2026, Malaysia · OpenStreetMap — KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital location (geocode) · existing · google.com
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- Patient rating
- 4.9/5
- 13,193 Google reviews
- Trust Index
- 86/100
- Exceptional
- Data confidence
- 51%
- Partial · 31% verified
- Published prices
- 4
- from $705
- Specialties
- 3
- departments
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MHI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable score per hospital — each metric below is measured against the registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
100% of the formula backed by data
- Trust Index 86 Our index 86/100 · vs 49 same-country hospitals · 100th percentile
- Profile completeness 51 Our index 51% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
- Quality & reputation 70 ✓ Verified #16 in country (Newsweek/US-News) · 4.9★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 99th percentile
- Accreditation 90 ✓ Verified JCI current · current JCI ≫ independent bodies (Magnet/CAP/DNV) ≫ historical/on-record
- Price transparency 40 Imported 4 published · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
- Scale 66 ✓ Verified 319 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 31th percentile
The composite is the weight-normalized mean of available metrics. The same method applies to every hospital in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Prices by field
Imported — unverifiedThe hospital's published procedure prices, grouped by field — open any row to see what's in the price. Room rates and packages are listed separately below.
Normal Delivery (Vaginal Birth) MYR 2,888–MYR 3,888 · from $705 Directory data unverified
- Surgeon & operating room$177
- Anesthesia$35
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$317
- Implants & materials$110
- Post-op & follow-up$66
Hospital stay ≈ $168/night · 5 nights
Included
- Surgeon, anesthesia & OR fees
- 5 nights' hospital stay
- Standard implants & materials
- Nursing, meals & standard follow-up
Budget on top
- + Flights & airport transfer
- + Hotel before/after admission
- + Visa & travel insurance
- + Take-home medications
- + Physiotherapy / rehab
- + Extended stay if complications arise
Caesarean Section (C-Section) MYR 6,988–MYR 9,888 · from $1,710 Directory data unverified
- Surgeon & operating room$426
- Anesthesia$85
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$768
- Implants & materials$267
- Post-op & follow-up$160
Hospital stay ≈ $168/night · 5 nights
Included
- Surgeon, anesthesia & OR fees
- 5 nights' hospital stay
- Standard implants & materials
- Nursing, meals & standard follow-up
Budget on top
- + Flights & airport transfer
- + Hotel before/after admission
- + Visa & travel insurance
- + Take-home medications
- + Physiotherapy / rehab
- + Extended stay if complications arise
Cataract Surgery MYR 3,488–MYR 3,488 · from $852 Directory data unverified
- Surgeon & operating room$240
- Anesthesia$43
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$383
- Implants & materials$133
- Post-op & follow-up$53
Hospital stay ≈ $168/night · 5 nights
Included
- Surgeon, anesthesia & OR fees
- 5 nights' hospital stay
- Standard implants & materials
- Nursing, meals & standard follow-up
Budget on top
- + Flights & airport transfer
- + Hotel before/after admission
- + Visa & travel insurance
- + Take-home medications
- + Physiotherapy / rehab
- + Extended stay if complications arise
Coronary Angiography MYR 4,588–MYR 4,588 · from $1,120 Directory data unverified
- Surgeon & operating room$247
- Anesthesia$85
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$504
- Implants & materials$213
- Post-op & follow-up$71
Hospital stay ≈ $168/night · 5 nights
Included
- Surgeon, anesthesia & OR fees
- 5 nights' hospital stay
- Standard implants & materials
- Nursing, meals & standard follow-up
Budget on top
- + Flights & airport transfer
- + Hotel before/after admission
- + Visa & travel insurance
- + Take-home medications
- + Physiotherapy / rehab
- + Extended stay if complications arise
Prices are the hospital's published ranges (unverified imports are labelled). The line-item split inside each row is modeled from typical cost structures for this preview — the total is the published price and the hospital-stay line uses the real room rate where known. Actual quotes vary by case & surgeon.
Location & getting here
Verified 2026-07-14Address, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.
570, Jln Perda Utama, Bandar Baru Perda, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Bukit Mertajam / Seberang Perai Tengah · Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
Getting here
- Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang 19.4 km · ~29 min (≈, OSM)
Patient reviews
✓ Google · verifiedGoogle's published rating, put in context against how hospitals actually score.
13,193 Google reviews
Exceptional for a hospital
Top 1%
better than ~99% of hospitals
A hospital's stars run far lower than shops or restaurants — reviews are written amid illness, big bills and stress, and unhappy patients review the most. The average hospital scores just 2.85★ on Google, so This hospital's 4.9★ sits near the top of the range.
Rating is Google's, shown as reported (13,193 reviews). The "top %" is an estimate from peer-reviewed hospital-rating studies (Canadian nationwide 2018–19, n=167, mean 2.85★; US hospitals, median 3.0★) — we score against the hospital distribution, not the naive 0–5 scale.
Patients rate KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital 4.9★ across 13,193 Google reviews — exceptional for a hospital, better than roughly 99% of hospitals on our worldwide rating benchmark.
Doctors, nurses & expertise
SourcedThe hospital's published headcount and capacity.
- Beds
- 319
- sourced
From the hospital's published figures. Nurse counts and training ratios will appear once sourced.
Accreditations
Independently verifiableOnly independent, checkable accreditations and rankings — published by the accrediting bodies themselves. Self-reported trade awards are deliberately omitted.
Joint Commission International
Hospital Program — Accredited, effective 1 November 2013 (IHCO ID 60000973)
Malaysian Society for Quality in Health
Full hospital accreditation — listed among Penang's MSQH-accredited private hospitals (registry current 30 Apr 2025)
Newsweek / Statista
#16 in Malaysia (score 75.78)
Independent signals
SourcedGovernment quality-inspection grades, independent accreditation/certification, and insurer networks — matched from public registries, not submitted by the hospital.
Government quality grade
- MSQH MSQH (Malaysian Society for Quality in Health) Hospital Accreditation: accredited, private hospital, Penang. Accreditation period 26/03/2023 - 25/03/2027. as of 2026 Source →
Insurer network
- In-network: Bupa Bupa contracted provider as of 2026-07 Source →
Specialty ranking
- Newsweek Specialized #140 world — Asia Pacific (2026) as of 2026 Source →
Ownership & governance
SourcedWho owns it and how long it's operated — from public records.
Corporate
- Ownership
- Private · KPJ Healthcare group✓
From public corporate records. Complaint rates and ethics signals will appear once independently sourced.
Conditions treated here
This hospitalKPJ Penang Specialist Hospital treats 31 conditions across 3 fields. What it covers — tap a field for this hospital's own prices.
Aortic Aneurysm · Atrial fibrillation · Cardiac Arrhythmia · Cardiomyopathy · Congenital Heart Disease · Congestive heart failure · Coronary artery disease · Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) · Hypertension · Myocardial infarction (heart attack) · Peripheral Artery Disease · Valvular heart disease
Age-Related Macular Degeneration · Cataracts · Diabetic Retinopathy · Dry Eye Disease · Glaucoma · Keratoconus · Pterygium (Surfer's Eye) · Ptosis (Drooping Eyelid) · Refractive Error (Myopia, Astigmatism) · Retinal detachment · Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)
Endometriosis · Infertility (female) · Infertility (male) · Menopause · Ovarian cysts · Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) · Recurrent Miscarriage · Uterine Fibroids
A directory of fields this hospital covers — not a claim it treats every case. Suitability is confirmed with the specialist.
Specialists & departments
This hospital3 specialties across 3 fields. Tap a field for this hospital's prices.
Cardiologist
Gynecologist
Ophthalmologist
Doctor types, never named individuals.
Compare hospitals in Malaysia
Our indexSide by side on what actually decides the choice — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation, and real verified prices. Best in each row marked ★.
Compared with 3 other Malaysia hospitals here, KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital carries a BBB grade (#16 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (76).
| Metric | This hospital KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital Bukit Mertajam | Sunway Medical Centre Subang Jaya | Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur | Subang Jaya Medical Centre Subang Jaya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score | BBB · 76 | AAA · 91 ★ | AA · 86 | AA · 84 |
| Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals | #16 in country | #1 in country ★ | #2 in country | #3 in country |
| Patient ratingGoogle, sourced | 4.9★ ★ | 4.7★ | 4.4★ | 4.5★ |
| Accreditationindependent bodies | 2 independent ★ | 2 independent ★ | JCI | JCI |
| Published pricesverified, comparable | — | — | — | — |
| From pricecheapest verified | — | — | — | — |
| Profile | You're here | Open profile | Open profile | Open profile |
Six decision metrics on the same public formula — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation and real verified prices. "—" means not yet sourced, never guessed. Best in each row marked ★. All hospitals →
Common questions about KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital
Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.
How much does treatment at KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital cost?
KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital publishes prices for 4 procedures, starting from about $705. The exact cost depends on the procedure and your case — priced fields include fertility & ivf, eye care (ophthalmology), cardiology & heart surgery. Every price on this page links to its source and shows whether it is verified.
Is KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital accredited?
Yes — KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital holds JCI, MSQH. We list only independent, checkable accreditations published by the accrediting bodies themselves; self-reported trade or marketing awards are excluded.
How is KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital rated?
KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital has a 4.9-star Google rating from 13,193 reviews, and scores 80/100 (grade AA) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #16 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the
What is KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital known for?
KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital is the 19th hospital in the KPJ Healthcare Berhad network, located in Bukit Mertajam on mainland Penang (Seberang Perai). A January 2025 South Wing expansion, officiated by Malaysia's Prime Minister, raised its bed capacity from 193 to 319. It is JCI-accredited (Hospital Program, since 2013) and MSQH-accredited, and ranked #16 in Malaysia in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.
Where is KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital?
KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital is located at 570, Jln Perda Utama, Bandar Baru Perda, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Bukit Mertajam / Seberang Perai Tengah, Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia.
Traveling to Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
Sourced Full Malaysia guide →Malaysia is a value-leading, English-speaking medical-travel hub coordinated by the government's Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). Foreign patients — many from Indonesia and the wider region — come to internationally-accredited private hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor for cardiology, fertility, orthopaedics and screening at prices well below Singapore and the West.
- Visa
- Most Western nationalities (US, UK, EU, Australia) enter visa-free for 30–90 days for tourism or business; travel purely for treatment uses a medical visa.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- Malaysia issues a Medical Tourism e-Visa for treatment longer than the visa-free window, granted on an invitation letter from an MHTC-registered hospital via the immigration eVISA portal.
- Arrival
- Most travellers must complete the free Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) online within 3 days before arrival.
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (RM / MYR)
- Languages
- Malay and English are official; English is widely spoken and staff at international hospitals are English-speaking
- Safety & recourse
- Generally safe · Limited recourse — use a medical-travel insurer
General guidance — confirm current rules for your nationality with official sources. Verified against: Malaysia MyVISA (immigration eVISA — Medical) · Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).
Data & sources
31% verified View verified onlyHow much of this profile is verified data — every section above carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
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- Identity & location ✓ Verified
- Accreditation ✓ Verified
- Published prices Imported
- Languages Not yet collected
- Patient reviews ✓ Verified
- Staff & expertise Imported
- Safety & complications Modeled
- Accommodation & rooms Modeled
- Facilities & access Imported
- Insurance & payment Modeled
- Inclusive & accessible care Modeled
- Ownership & governance ✓ Verified
- Volume & outcomes Modeled
- International-patient mix Modeled
- Surgical team depth Modeled
- Specialties & clinical professions ✓ Verified
Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Trust Index and the finder's verified-only filter. Methodology →
Reviews, staff, accreditations, awards, research and inclusive-care figures are aggregated or modeled from published signals for this preview; real registry, outcome and review data replace them before launch. How we model this →