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Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

KR Seoul, South Korea · multi-specialty

71/100 A Grade

Trust Index 78 · Strong

World's Best Hospitals 2026 #20 in South
How this score is built
Accreditation 30% 84
Clinical outcomes 25% 88
Reputation 20% 61
Transparency 10% 83
Track record 10% 76
Reviews 5% 60

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

#20 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026 from $21 3.6★ KOIHA (의료기관인증, 의료기관평가인증원)

Every price shows its source and verification; Price data last updated .

Sourced facts KOIHA (의료기관인증, 의료기관평가인증원) · Directory-verified via the Korea Consumer Agency's public certification registry (소비자24, consumer.go.kr) under the exact registered name '강동경희대학교의대병원' at 서울특별시 강동구 동남로 892 (matching this hospital's address). Status: 인증 (certified), 인증제종류: 급성기 (acute-care hospital cycle), valid 2023.08.03–2027.08.02 — current as of this pass (2026-07-14).

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong opened June 12, 2006 (originally as 경희대 동서신의학병원, 'Kyung Hee East-West Neo Medical Center') in Gangdong-gu, Seoul — the university's second teaching hospital, distinct from the original Kyung Hee University Medical Center (경희의료원) in Dongdaemun-gu. It uniquely co-locates three affiliated university hospitals — Medical, Dental, and Korean (Oriental) Medicine — on one campus, and is KOIHA-accredited (급성기, valid through 2027) with 661 licensed beds per that same registry record. The hospital markets a broader in-house 'capacity of 800 hospital beds' on its own English site (a total-capacity figure, not the licensed-bed count) and Korean Wikipedia separately cites 698 beds; the three figures are not reconciled here, and the KOIHA-registry figure (661) is used as the primary sourced number for being the most specific, dated, third-party-verifiable of the three. It is a general hospital (종합병원) offering robot-assisted (da Vinci) surgery across general surgery, urology, and gynecology, and its own site cites a national #1 ranking in the Ministry of Health & Welfare's patient-experience assessment and a 1st-grade rating in the cancer-treatment adequacy assessment.

Verified against: Hospital's own 비급여 진료비용 disclosure page (address, department structure, instNo tabs for Medical/Dental/Korean-Medicine hospitals) · Hospital's own history/timeline page (연혁) — founding date 2006.06.12 as 경희대 동서신의학병원, ward-opening log · Hospital's own directions page (오시는 길) — confirmed address 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu · Hospital's own English-language KUIMS overview page — '800 hospital beds' capacity claim, awards, three-college teaching-hospital structure · Hospital's own English-language Medical Institution Evaluation/Awards page — MOHW/HIRA quality-assessment grades · 소비자24 (Korea Consumer Agency, consumer.go.kr) — 의료기관인증 (KOIHA) public registry record for '강동경희대학교의대병원': certification status, validity dates, licensed bed count, address, licensed department list · 한국어 위키백과 (Korean Wikipedia) — 강동경희대학교병원: founding date, 698-bed figure (corroboration only, not primary), tertiary/secondary designation · rankings.newsweek.com · google.com

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Patient rating
3.6/5
125 Google reviews
Trust Index
78/100
Strong
Data confidence
51%
Partial · 31% verified
Founded
2006
20 yrs
Published prices
16
from $21
Specialties
7
departments

Medical Travel Cost Hospital Index

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.

71
A
Newsweek World's Best #20 in South Korea

100% of the formula backed by data

  • Trust Index 78 Our index 78/100 · 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 #20 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 100 Imported 16 published · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
  • Scale 81 ✓ Verified 661 beds · vs 84 sourced hospitals in the registry · 62th 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 3 prices
Manual Therapy ₩31,000–₩151,000 · from $21 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $21 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$4
  • Anesthesia$2
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$9
  • Implants & materials$5
  • Post-op & follow-up$1

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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) ₩103,000–₩294,000 · from $69 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $69 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$14
  • Anesthesia$5
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$31
  • Implants & materials$15
  • Post-op & follow-up$4

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
PRP Joint Injection ₩250,000–₩250,000 · from $168 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $168 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$32
  • Anesthesia$13
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$75
  • Implants & materials$37
  • Post-op & follow-up$11

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Ultherapy ₩394,000–₩654,000 · from $264 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $264 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$68
  • Anesthesia$21
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$119
  • Implants & materials$35
  • Post-op & follow-up$21

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Laser Hair Removal ₩407,000–₩507,000 · from $273 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $273 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$72
  • Anesthesia$21
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$123
  • Implants & materials$36
  • Post-op & follow-up$21

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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) ₩889,000–₩1,188,000 · from $596 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $596 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$146
  • Anesthesia$36
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$268
  • Implants & materials$91
  • Post-op & follow-up$55

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Robotic-Assisted Surgery (da Vinci) ₩9,923,000–₩12,400,000 · from $6,650 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $6,650 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$2,640
  • Anesthesia$660
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$1,650
  • Post-op & follow-up$990

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
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Dental 1 price
Dental Implants ₩2,000,000–₩3,500,000 · from $1,340 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $1,340 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$257
  • Anesthesia$51
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$603
  • Implants & materials$343
  • Post-op & follow-up$86

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Breast Augmentation ₩4,400,000–₩5,500,000 · from $2,950 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $2,950 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$1,200
  • Anesthesia$400
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$320
  • Post-op & follow-up$320

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Fertility & IVF 1 price
Hysterectomy (Benign) ₩9,736,000–₩15,000,000 · from $6,520 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $6,520 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$2,640
  • Anesthesia$528
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$1,650
  • Post-op & follow-up$991

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
General & other 6 prices
Capsule Endoscopy ₩738,380–₩738,380 · from $495 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $495 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$129
  • Anesthesia$39
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$223
  • Implants & materials$65
  • Post-op & follow-up$39

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) ₩2,656,000–₩2,656,000 · from $1,780 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $1,780 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$509
  • Anesthesia$153
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$255
  • Post-op & follow-up$153

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) ₩5,000,000–₩5,000,000 · from $3,350 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $3,350 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$1,260
  • Anesthesia$377
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$629
  • Post-op & follow-up$377

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy) ₩8,190,000–₩9,240,000 · from $5,490 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $5,490 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$2,280
  • Anesthesia$682
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$1,140
  • Post-op & follow-up$682

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
Thyroidectomy ₩9,678,000–₩14,700,000 · from $6,480 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $6,480 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$2,750
  • Anesthesia$825
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$1,380
  • Post-op & follow-up$825

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) ₩10,500,000–₩12,600,000 · from $7,040 Directory data unverified
What's in the price · all-in ≈ $7,040 Full page →
  • Surgeon & operating room$3,010
  • Anesthesia$904
  • Hospital stay (5 nights)$710
  • Implants & materials$1,510
  • Post-op & follow-up$904

Hospital stay ≈ $142/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.

892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05278, South Korea (서울특별시 강동구 동남로 892)

Gangdong-gu, Seoul · Seoul, South Korea

Getting here

  • 신명일 (계획) 0.3 km · ~4 min (≈, OSM)
  • Godeok 0.4 km · ~5 min (≈, OSM)

Patient reviews

✓ Google · verified

Google's published rating, put in context against how hospitals actually score.

3.6 / 5

125 Google reviews

Excellent for a hospital

Top 15%

better than ~85% 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 3.6★ sits near the top of the range.

Typical hospital2.85★
This hospital3.6★
worst hospital 1.4★best 4.6★

Rating is Google's, shown as reported (125 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 Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong 3.6★ across 125 Google reviews — excellent for a hospital, better than roughly 85% of hospitals on our worldwide rating benchmark.

Doctors, nurses & expertise

Sourced

The hospital's published headcount and capacity.

Beds
661
sourced

From the hospital's published figures. Nurse counts and training ratios will appear once sourced.

Accreditations

Independently verifiable

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

KOIHA acute-care hospital accreditation (급성기 의료기관인증)

의료기관평가인증원 (KOIHA), via 소비자24 (Korea Consumer Agency public registry)

Registered institution name '강동경희대학교의대병원', 종합병원 (general hospital), 교부번호 4-72, licensed bed count 661 (허가병상수) per this same registry record. Certification status 인증, valid 2023.08.03–2027.08.02.

World's Best Hospitals 2026

Newsweek / Statista

#20 in South Korea (listed as "Kyung Hee University - Hospital at Gangdong")

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 — 환자경험평가 (Inpatient Experience Survey) domain scores: 간호사영역:85.96; 의사영역:81.44; 투약 및 치료과정:84.19; 병원환경:81.08; 환자권리보장:79.45; 전반적 평가:85.61 as of 2026 Source →

Specialty ranking

  • Newsweek Specialized #149 world — Pediatrics (2026) as of 2026 Source →

Ownership & governance

Sourced

Who owns it and how long it's operated — from public records.

Corporate

Ownership
Private, non-profit · teaching hospital of Kyung Hee University (경희대학교, under 학교법인 경희학원) — one of three co-located university hospitals (Medical / Dental / Korean Medicine) that make up the Gangdong campus
Established
2006 · 20 yrs

From public corporate records. Complaint rates and ethics signals will appear once independently sourced.

Conditions treated here

This hospital

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong treats 69 conditions across 6 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)

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Endometriosis · Infertility (female) · Infertility (male) · Menopause · Ovarian cysts · Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) · Recurrent Miscarriage · Uterine Fibroids

Alopecia Areata · Female-Pattern Hair Loss · Male-Pattern Hair Loss (Androgenetic Alopecia) · Melasma

Gynecomastia (Enlarged Male Breast)

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

Specialists & departments

This hospital

7 specialties across 7 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, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong carries a BBB grade (#20 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (69).

Metric This hospital Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong Seoul Samsung Medical Center Seoul Asan Medical Center Seoul Severance Hospital (Yonsei University) Seoul
Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score BBB · 69 AAA · 93 AA · 91 AA · 87
Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals #20 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 Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

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

How much does treatment at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong cost?

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong publishes prices for 16 procedures, starting from about $21. The exact cost depends on the procedure and your case — priced fields include orthopedics, anti-aging & wellness, cancer treatment (oncology). Every price on this page links to its source and shows whether it is verified.

Is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong accredited?

Yes — Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong holds KOIHA acute-care hospital accreditation (급성기 의료기관인증). We list only independent, checkable accreditations published by the accrediting bodies themselves; self-reported trade or marketing awards are excluded.

How is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong rated?

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong has a 3.6-star Google rating from 125 reviews, and scores 71/100 (grade A) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #20 in South — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the

What is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong known for?

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong opened June 12, 2006 (originally as 경희대 동서신의학병원, 'Kyung Hee East-West Neo Medical Center') in Gangdong-gu, Seoul — the university's second teaching hospital, distinct from the original Kyung Hee University Medical Center (경희의료원) in Dongdaemun-gu. It uniquely co-locates three affiliated university hospitals — Medical, Dental, and Korean (Oriental) Medicine — on one campus, and is KOIHA-accredited (급성기, valid through 2027) with 661 licensed beds per that same registry record. The hospital markets a broader in-house 'capacity of 800 hospital beds' on its own English site (a total-capacity figure, not the licensed-bed count) and Korean Wikipedia separately cites 698 beds; the three figures are not reconciled here, and the KOIHA-registry figure (661) is used as the primary sourced number for being the most specific, dated, third-party-verifiable of the three. It is a general hospital (종합병원) offering robot-assisted (da Vinci) surgery across general surgery, urology, and gynecology, and its own site cites a national #1 ranking in the Ministry of Health & Welfare's patient-experience assessment and a 1st-grade rating in the cancer-treatment adequacy assessment.

Where is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong?

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong is located at 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05278, South Korea (서울특별시 강동구 동남로 892), Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea.

Traveling to Seoul, South Korea

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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.

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