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Daejeon Sun Medical Center

KR Daejeon, South Korea · multi-specialty

70/100 A Grade

Trust Index 79 · Strong

World's Best Hospitals 2026 #82 in South
How this score is built
Accreditation 30% 84
Clinical outcomes 25% 82
Reputation 20% 61
Transparency 10% 89
Track record 10% 92
Reviews 5% 60

75% of the score is objective and verifiable; the same public formula applies to every clinic.

#82 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026 from $54 3.6★ KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care Hospital Accreditation)

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Sourced facts KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care Hospital Accreditation) · Certificate No. 4-186, status 인증 (accredited), valid 2024-12-08 to 2028-12-07 — directory-verified live via the Korea Consumer Agency (소비자24) public accreditation registry, which lists this exact institution by name (대전선병원) and street address (대전광역시 중구 목중로 29), matching the target campus exactly.

Daejeon Sun Medical Center (대전선병원) is a 328-licensed-bed general hospital (KOIHA-registered) in Mokdong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, founded in 1966 as a 20-bed orthopedic clinic ('선정형외과의원') and grown by the non-profit medical corporation Younghun Medical Foundation (영훈의료재단) into today's institution of 13 clinical centers and 34 clinical departments (per its own 2026 overview). It is the flagship Daejeon campus of the wider 'Sun Medical Center' (선메디컬센터) group, which also runs the separate Yuseong Sun Medical Center (Yuseong-gu), an International Checkup Center, and Sun Dental Hospital as distinct institutions. It operates dedicated centers for cardiovascular disease (including percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion), cancer, brain/nerve disease, digestive disease (expanded 2023), spine and joint surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, emergency medicine, and health screening, and holds a current KOIHA acute-care hospital accreditation (certificate 4-186, valid through December 2028, directory-confirmed via the Korea Consumer Agency's public registry). JCI accreditation appears only historically and only for two AFFILIATED-but-separate units — its own Health Screening Center (2013) and sibling Sun Dental Hospital (2012) — never for the general hospital itself, and neither shows a subsequent renewal anywhere in the hospital's own published history through 2025, so no JCI badge is claimed here.

Verified against: Daejeon Sun Medical Center official site — 인사말 (Greeting: founding year, current center/department/staff counts, full department list) · Daejeon Sun Medical Center official site — 연혁 (History, all years including 1966 founding and 1996 bed-count entries) · Daejeon Sun Medical Center official site — 현황 (Status: department and center list) · Daejeon Sun Medical Center official site — 비급여 진료비 안내 (mandated non-covered fee disclosure table, incl. footer address/registration/representative) · Daejeon Sun Medical Center 건강검진센터 (Health Screening Center) — main + program pages · HIRA (Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service) — hospital registry entry (independent official mirror: bed breakdown, department/doctor counts, equipment list, special-care designations) · Korea Consumer Agency (소비자24) — 의료기관인증 (KOIHA accreditation) registry record for 대전선병원, cert. 4-186 · 디트NEWS24 — '대전 병상 수로 본 병원 순위는' (independent press, Daejeon-city-government facility survey, 2014-11-19: campus-specific 558-bed figure, historical corroboration only) · OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode — 선병원 (amenity=hospital, Mokdong/Jung-gu, exact-campus building match) · rankings.newsweek.com · google.com

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Patient rating
3.6/5
56 Google reviews
Trust Index
79/100
Strong
Data confidence
51%
Partial · 31% verified
Founded
1966
60 yrs
Published prices
4
from $54
Specialties
3
departments

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70
A
Newsweek World's Best #82 in South Korea

100% of the formula backed by data

  • Trust Index 79 Our index 79/100 · vs 137 same-country hospitals · 100th percentile
  • Profile completeness 51 Our index 51% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
  • Quality & reputation 65 ✓ Verified #82 in country (Newsweek/US-News) · 3.6★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 85th percentile
  • Accreditation 63 ✓ Verified 1 independent · 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 68 ✓ Verified 328 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 35th 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 — unverified

The 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.

Orthopedics 2 prices
Manual Therapy ₩80,000–₩80,000 · from $54 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $54 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$11
  • Anesthesia$4
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$24
  • Implants & materials$12
  • Post-op & follow-up$3

Hospital stay ≈ $143/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
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) ₩100,000–₩130,000 · from $67 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $67 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$13
  • Anesthesia$5
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$30
  • Implants & materials$15
  • Post-op & follow-up$4

Hospital stay ≈ $143/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
Dental 1 price
Dental Crowns ₩500,000–₩500,000 · from $335 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $335 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$64
  • Anesthesia$13
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$151
  • Implants & materials$86
  • Post-op & follow-up$21

Hospital stay ≈ $143/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
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ₩600,000–₩600,000 · from $402 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $402 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$98
  • Anesthesia$25
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$181
  • Implants & materials$61
  • Post-op & follow-up$37

Hospital stay ≈ $143/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 2026-07-14

Address, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.

29 Mokjung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 34811, South Korea (대전광역시 중구 목중로 29, 구주소: 대전광역시 중구 목동 10-7)

Jung-gu (Mokdong) · Daejeon, South Korea

Getting here

  • Oryong 1.0 km · ~11 min (≈, OSM)
  • Jung-gu Office 1.5 km · ~4 min (≈, OSM)

Accreditations

Independently verifiable

Only independent, checkable accreditations and rankings — published by the accrediting bodies themselves. Self-reported trade awards are deliberately omitted.

KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care Hospital Accreditation)

의료기관평가인증원 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation / KOIHA)

Certificate No. 4-186, 인증상태: 인증 (accredited), valid 2024-12-08 to 2028-12-07, per 소비자24 registry (출처: 의료기관평가인증원). Registry record also lists 의료기관종류: 종합병원, 개설진료과목(개설허가서 기준): 24 departments including 치과 (Dentistry) — matching the hospital's own current department list — and 허가병상수 (licensed bed count): 328, near-exactly corroborated by HIRA's independently-filed operational bed breakdown (일반입원실 22 상급 + 282 일반 = 304 general-ward, + 25 adult ICU, + 2 isolation = 331). Both current official figures (328 / 331) sit far below several other bed-count claims found for this hospital, none of which could be corroborated against a current primary source and are therefore NOT used: the hospital's own 연혁 (history) page states 702 beds after a 1996.04.15 west-wing expansion (30 years stale, long since superseded); an independent 2014 Daejeon-city-government facility survey reported in the press (dtnews24.com, 2014-11-19) put this campus specifically at 558 beds (787 combined with sibling Yuseong Sun Medical Center's 229); and a web-search-synthesized claim of 850 beds could not be traced to any citable primary page. Per the never-average-conflicting-numbers rule, the current KOIHA/HIRA figure (328) is used as the licensed bed count and the older/uncorroborated figures are flagged here rather than blended in.

World's Best Hospitals 2026

Newsweek / Statista

#82 in South Korea (listed as "Daejeon Sun Medical Center")

Independent signals

Sourced

Government quality-inspection grades, independent accreditation/certification, and insurer networks — matched from public registries, not submitted by the hospital.

Government quality grade

  • HIRA HIRA 적정성평가 — 급성심근경색증 (Acute Myocardial Infarction) care quality: 1등급 as of 2026 Source →
  • HIRA HIRA 적정성평가 — 급성기뇌졸중 (Acute Stroke) care quality: 2등급 as of 2026 Source →
  • HIRA HIRA 적정성평가 — 대장암 수술 (Colon Cancer surgery) quality: 4등급 as of 2026 Source →
  • HIRA HIRA 적정성평가 — 유방암 수술 (Breast Cancer surgery) quality: 3등급 as of 2026 Source →
  • HIRA HIRA 적정성평가 — 환자경험평가 (Inpatient Experience Survey) domain scores: 간호사영역:87.99; 의사영역:85.43; 투약 및 치료과정:87.47; 병원환경:86.32; 환자권리보장:84.04; 전반적 평가:90.77 as of 2026 Source →

Conditions treated here

This hospital

Daejeon Sun Medical Center treats 56 conditions across 3 fields. What it covers — tap a field for this hospital's own prices.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) · Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) · Basal cell carcinoma · Bladder Cancer · Brain tumor · Breast cancer · Cervical cancer · Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) · Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) · Colon cancer · Cutaneous lymphoma · Endometrial cancer · Esophageal cancer · Gastric cancer · Head and Neck Cancer · Hepatocellular carcinoma · Hodgkin Lymphoma · Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma) · Leukemia · Lung cancer · Lymphoma · Melanoma · Multiple myeloma · Oral cancer · Ovarian cancer · Pancreatic cancer · Prostate cancer · Rectal Cancer · Soft Tissue Sarcoma · Squamous cell carcinoma · Testicular cancer · Thyroid Cancer

Achilles Tendinitis · ACL Injury (Torn Knee Ligament) · Bunion (Hallux Valgus) · Carpal tunnel syndrome · Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis) · Gout · Osteoarthritis · Osteoporosis · Plantar Fasciitis · Rheumatoid arthritis · Sciatica · Scoliosis · Spinal cord injury · Spinal stenosis · Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) · Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

Bruxism (Teeth Grinding) · Cracked or Broken Tooth · Dental Abscess · Dental caries · Impacted Wisdom Teeth · Malocclusion (Crooked Teeth / Bad Bite) · Periodontitis (Gum Disease) · Tooth Loss (Missing Teeth)

A directory of fields this hospital covers — not a claim it treats every case. Suitability is confirmed with the specialist.

Specialists & departments

This hospital

3 specialties across 3 fields. Tap a field for this hospital's prices.

Doctor types, never named individuals.

Compare hospitals in South Korea

Our index

Side 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 South Korea hospitals here, Daejeon Sun Medical Center carries a B grade (#82 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (67).

Metric This hospital Daejeon Sun Medical Center Daejeon Samsung Medical Center Seoul Asan Medical Center Seoul Severance Hospital (Yonsei University) Seoul
Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score B · 67 AAA · 93 AA · 91 AA · 87
Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals #82 in country #1 in country #2 in country #3 in country
Patient ratingGoogle, sourced 3.6★ 3.9★ 4.0★ 3.8★
Accreditationindependent bodies JCI JCI JCI JCI
Published pricesverified, comparable 6 verified 7 verified 2 verified
From pricecheapest verified $94 $154 $409
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 Daejeon Sun Medical Center

Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.

How much does treatment at Daejeon Sun Medical Center cost?

Daejeon Sun Medical Center publishes prices for 4 procedures, starting from about $54. The exact cost depends on the procedure and your case — priced fields include orthopedics, dental, cancer treatment (oncology). Every price on this page links to its source and shows whether it is verified.

Is Daejeon Sun Medical Center accredited?

Yes — Daejeon Sun Medical Center holds KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care Hospital Accreditation). We list only independent, checkable accreditations published by the accrediting bodies themselves; self-reported trade or marketing awards are excluded.

How is Daejeon Sun Medical Center rated?

Daejeon Sun Medical Center has a 3.6-star Google rating from 56 reviews, and scores 70/100 (grade A) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #82 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the

What is Daejeon Sun Medical Center known for?

Daejeon Sun Medical Center (대전선병원) is a 328-licensed-bed general hospital (KOIHA-registered) in Mokdong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, founded in 1966 as a 20-bed orthopedic clinic ('선정형외과의원') and grown by the non-profit medical corporation Younghun Medical Foundation (영훈의료재단) into today's institution of 13 clinical centers and 34 clinical departments (per its own 2026 overview). It is the flagship Daejeon campus of the wider 'Sun Medical Center' (선메디컬센터) group, which also runs the separate Yuseong Sun Medical Center (Yuseong-gu), an International Checkup Center, and Sun Dental Hospital as distinct institutions. It operates dedicated centers for cardiovascular disease (including percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion), cancer, brain/nerve disease, digestive disease (expanded 2023), spine and joint surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, emergency medicine, and health screening, and holds a current KOIHA acute-care hospital accreditation (certificate 4-186, valid through December 2028, directory-confirmed via the Korea Consumer Agency's public registry). JCI accreditation appears only historically and only for two AFFILIATED-but-separate units — its own Health Screening Center (2013) and sibling Sun Dental Hospital (2012) — never for the general hospital itself, and neither shows a subsequent renewal anywhere in the hospital's own published history through 2025, so no JCI badge is claimed here.

Where is Daejeon Sun Medical Center?

Daejeon Sun Medical Center is located at 29 Mokjung-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 34811, South Korea (대전광역시 중구 목중로 29, 구주소: 대전광역시 중구 목동 10-7), Jung-gu (Mokdong), Daejeon, South Korea.

Traveling to Daejeon, South Korea

Sourced Full South Korea guide →

South Korea crossed the 1-million mark as a medical-travel destination for the first time in 2024: about 1.17 million foreign patients were treated, up 93.2% from 610,000 in 2023 (Ministry of Health and Welfare / KHIDI). The largest patient groups came from Japan, China, the United States, Thailand and Taiwan, and the most-used specialties were dermatology, plastic surgery, internal/general medicine and health screening. Seoul concentrates most volume, drawing patients for aesthetic and dermatologic care, health check-ups, oncology and advanced surgery delivered in JCI-accredited hospitals with dedicated international-patient centers — at prices below the US while the government regulates and publishes standards through KHIDI's Medical Korea program.

Visa
Most Western nationalities (US, UK, EU/Schengen, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan) enter visa-free for short medical or tourist visits. The K-ETA (electronic travel authorization) requirement is temporarily WAIVED for 67 countries and territories through 31 December 2026 — eligible travellers enter without applying for a K-ETA; the requirement is expected to resume 1 January 2027. Confirm your nationality's current rule before travelling.
Medical / long-stay visa
For treatment, foreign patients typically use the C-3-3 medical tourism visa (short-term, stays up to 90 days, generally not extendable beyond 90 days except in special circumstances). For treatment or recovery longer than 90 days, patients change to or apply for the G-1-10 long-term medical treatment visa, which can be extended inside Korea; it requires hospital documentation (medical opinion, treatment schedule, payment records). Applications must be tied to a medical institution registered with KTO/KHIDI.
Arrival
From 1 January 2026, all foreign arrivals must file the mandatory digital e-Arrival Card online (within 3 days before arrival) — it replaces the paper disembarkation card and is a declaration, not a visa. Travellers who hold an approved K-ETA are exempt from the arrival card, but nationals of K-ETA-waived countries (US, UK, EU, Japan, etc.) must still complete the e-Arrival Card.
Currency
South Korean Won (KRW, ₩)
Languages
Korean; English widely spoken in international-patient centers at major hospitals, with interpreter services in multiple languages
Safety & recourse
Very safe for visitors · Established malpractice recourse

General guidance — confirm current rules for your nationality with official sources. Verified against: Korea Immigration — K-ETA temporary exemption extended to 31 Dec 2026 (MOFA/KPMG GMS alert) · Korea e-Arrival Card mandatory from 1 Jan 2026 · Medical Korea — medical visa (C-3-3 / G-1-10), KHIDI · MOHW — Korea attracts 1.17 million foreign patients in 2024.

Data & sources

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51%
data confidence · Partial
Verified facts31%
Profile filled94%
All 16 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more
  • 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

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