KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital
MY Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Multi-specialty
Trust Index 82 · Strong
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KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital is a private hospital in Luyang, Kota Kinabalu, built in 2012 and operating since 2014 as part of the KPJ Healthcare Berhad network. A 245-bed facility with 80+ resident specialists across cardiology, internal medicine, gastroenterology and robotic rehabilitation, it is MSQH-accredited and ranked #35 in Malaysia in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.
Verified against: KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital — official site (hospital overview, address, centres) · MSQH — Accredited Hospitals directory (Sabah, private hospitals, current 30 Apr 2025) · Newsweek — World's Best Hospitals 2026, Malaysia (rank #35, score 70.83) · Wikipedia — KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital (corroboration: built 2012 / opened 2014, 245 beds) · OpenStreetMap — KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital location (geocode) · commons.wikimedia.org · existing · google.com
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- Patient rating
- 4.8/5
- 1,534 Google reviews
- Trust Index
- 82/100
- Strong
- Data confidence
- 48%
- Partial · 31% verified
- Founded
- 2014
- 12 yrs
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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 82 Our index 82/100 · vs 49 same-country hospitals · 100th percentile
- Profile completeness 48 Our index 48% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
- Quality & reputation 70 ✓ Verified #35 in country (Newsweek/US-News) · 4.8★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 99th percentile
- Accreditation 63 ✓ Verified 1 independent · current JCI ≫ independent bodies (Magnet/CAP/DNV) ≫ historical/on-record
- Price transparency — Not sourced — · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
- Scale 59 ✓ Verified 245 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 18th 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.
Location & getting here
Verified 2026-07-14Address, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.
Lot No.2 Off, Jalan Damai, Luyang Commercial Centre, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Luyang, Kota Kinabalu · Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Getting here
- Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kota Kinabalu 5.9 km · ~9 min (≈, OSM)
Patient reviews
✓ Google · verifiedGoogle's published rating, put in context against how hospitals actually score.
1,534 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 4.8★ sits near the top of the range.
Rating is Google's, shown as reported (1,534 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 Sabah Specialist Hospital 4.8★ across 1,534 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
- 245
- 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.
Malaysian Society for Quality in Health
Full hospital accreditation — listed among Sabah's MSQH-accredited private hospitals (registry current 30 Apr 2025)
Newsweek / Statista
#35 in Malaysia (score 70.83)
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, Sabah. Accreditation period 28/11/2022 - 27/11/2026. as of 2026 Source →
Insurer network
- In-network: Bupa Bupa contracted provider as of 2026-07 Source →
Specialty ranking
- Newsweek Specialized #141 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✓
- Established
- 2014 · 12 yrs✓
From public corporate records. Complaint rates and ethics signals will appear once independently sourced.
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 Sabah Specialist Hospital carries a BB grade (#35 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (67).
| Metric | This hospital KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital Kota Kinabalu | 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 | BB · 67 | AAA · 91 ★ | AA · 86 | AA · 84 |
| Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals | #35 in country | #1 in country ★ | #2 in country | #3 in country |
| Patient ratingGoogle, sourced | 4.8★ ★ | 4.7★ | 4.4★ | 4.5★ |
| Accreditationindependent bodies | JCI | 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 Sabah Specialist Hospital
Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.
Is KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital accredited?
Yes — KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital holds MSQH. We list only independent, checkable accreditations published by the accrediting bodies themselves; self-reported trade or marketing awards are excluded.
How is KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital rated?
KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital has a 4.8-star Google rating from 1,534 reviews, and scores 71/100 (grade A) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #35 in Malaysia — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the
What is KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital known for?
KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital is a private hospital in Luyang, Kota Kinabalu, built in 2012 and operating since 2014 as part of the KPJ Healthcare Berhad network. A 245-bed facility with 80+ resident specialists across cardiology, internal medicine, gastroenterology and robotic rehabilitation, it is MSQH-accredited and ranked #35 in Malaysia in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.
Where is KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital?
KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital is located at Lot No.2 Off, Jalan Damai, Luyang Commercial Centre, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Luyang, Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Traveling to Kota Kinabalu, 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
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- Identity & location ✓ Verified
- Accreditation ✓ Verified
- Published prices Not yet collected
- 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 →
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