Cardiology & Heart Surgery · Seongnam, South Korea
Cardiac MRI cost in Seongnam
Procedure from
$570
All-in from United States
≈ $2,850
Procedure price range · Seongnam
Cheaper than 33% of cities pricing this
Updated 2026-07-10 · How we collect & verify prices Compare clinics ↓
In plain words · Cardiac MRI is a test or scan — done as an outpatient to diagnose or rule out a problem, usually with same-day results.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, detailed heart scan
- Procedure from
- $570
- lowest listed
- Typical
- $570
- city midpoint
- All-in
- ≈ $2,850
- from United States
- MPI Index
- 41
- B
- Clinics
- 1
- 1 verified price
Top hospital in Seongnam · Newsweek #5 in South Korea
#5 Seoul National University Bundang Hospital 3.9★
Opened in 2003 and affiliated with Seoul National University, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) is the largest hospital in Gyeonggi province (1,424 beds). Korea's first fully digital, paperless hospital, it was named to Newsweek's World's Best Smart Hospitals and runs 36+ departments and 12 specialised centres.
Procedure in Seongnam from $570 — full price data below.
Clinic prices for cardiac mri
VerifiedSorted by lowest starting price. "Verified" means we manually checked the price against the clinic's published source.
| Clinic | Range (┊ city median) | Price | Status | Src | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | | ₩850,000–₩850,000 | Verified | ↗ | verified 2026-07-10 |
Hospitals & clinics in Seongnam
Best firstThe best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our connected-chain grade. Re-rank by cheapest, rating or reviews.
Destination-safety factor for South Korea: ×1.00 — Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions (the lowest advisory tier) (US State Dept Travel Advisory, 2025-08).
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All-in trip cost
Modeled previewProcedure plus flights, hotel, transport and medication from United States — the number that actually decides it.
- Procedure (from)
- $570
- Flights (round-trip) est.
- $1,300
- Hotel · 5 nights est.
- $450
- Local transport est.
- $110
- Medication est.
- $420
- All-in ≈
- $2,850
Flights are estimated round-trip economy from United States (change in the header). Hotel, transport and medication are Medical Travel Cost estimates, not quotes. Procedure is the lowest price on this page.
Cardiac MRI in other cities
ImportedThe same procedure across the registry — cheapest first. Cities we haven't priced yet show no number, never a guess.
| City | From | vs Seongnam | MPI | Specialists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam | $76 ★ | -87% | — | 10 |
| New Delhi India | $94 | -84% | — | 3 |
| Seoul South Korea | $147 | -74% | — | 8 |
| Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | $366 | -36% | — | 6 |
| Incheon South Korea | $436 | -24% | — | 2 |
| Bangkok Thailand | $446 | -22% | — | 24 |
| Hsinchu Taiwan | $649 | +14% | — | 1 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | $817 | +43% | — | 9 |
| Istanbul Türkiye | no published price | not yet priced · being collected | — | — |
- Public-system wait at home (UK)NHS England referral-to-treatment statistics, Apr 2026 · Canada (CIHI) next 11.9-week median
- Recruiting cardiology & heart surgery trials in South KoreaClinicalTrials.gov — recruiting studies with a South Korea site Not yet sourced
- JCI-accredited organizations in South KoreaJCI public directory, country-wide (all specialties) Not yet sourced
- Inquiry-to-procedure lead time in Seongnamhospital-published scheduling windows · collected per hospital Not yet sourced
Cheapest starting price per city, converted to your currency. ★ = lowest in the registry; cheapest ≠ best — the MPI column grades each market as its data lands. "—" is never guessed.
What's in the price — and why it varies
Modeled previewA typical cost anatomy over the published total, and the factors that move a real quote up or down.
Typical cost anatomy
≈ $570- Surgeon & operating room$180
- Anesthesia$61
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$125
- Implants & materials$153
- Post-op & follow-up$51
Usually 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
What moves the price
- 1Device generation (stent, valve, pacemaker) and access route
- 2Scope of the test panel and imaging included
- 3Specialist review vs technician-only reading
- 4Hospital tier and equipment generation
The split is modeled from typical cost structures; the total is the published price. Itemized hospital quotes replace this as they're sourced.
What you're buying — the spec sheet
Modeled previewThe countable facts of the purchase itself — setting, anesthesia, theatre time, visits and materials. Hospital-published specs replace the typicals as they're collected.
- Setting
- Outpatient — no hospital admission (typical)
- Anesthesia
- None or local (typical)
- Time in theatre
- Not yet sourcedhospital-published — collected per hospital
- Visits
- Single visit — results follow
- Device / materials
- Not yet sourcedwhat's implanted or used — collected per procedure
Typicals from the same model as the recovery timeline — your surgeon's plan for your case is the spec that counts. Every sourced spec raises this page's MPI coverage.
Recovery timeline
Modeled previewPlan ~2 days in South Korea before flying home; usually same-day with little or no downtime. Your doctor confirms your case.
- Day −1
Arrive · consultation, tests & final treatment plan
- Day 0
Appointment · tests done as an outpatient
- Day 1
Results reviewed with your doctor
- Day 1
Typically cleared to fly home
- Day 1
No downtime — normal activity
Back home — who takes care of you after
- Before flying home Results reviewed with your doctor before you fly — take the full report home
- First weeks back home A routine progress check — doable locally with your records
- Take with you Full operative notes, imaging and implant/protocol details — ask before discharge
- Remote follow-up offered Not yet sourced
- Complication support window Not yet sourced
The two hospital-policy rows are collected per hospital — remote follow-up and complication support are decision data, so they're never assumed.
Outcomes & success benchmarks
Not yet sourcedThe outcome metrics that will grade this procedure in the Medical Travel Cost Index — filled from clinical registries and hospital-published data, never guessed.
0 of 4 outcome metrics sourced — each one raises this page's MPI coverage Show slots Hide
- Result turnaround time vs same test across registry hospitals Not yet sourced
- Repeat / recall rate vs registry average Not yet sourced
- Procedures per year in this market hospital-published volumes · national statistics Not yet sourced
- Annual volume at the busiest hospital here volume–outcome proxy · hospital-published Not yet sourced
Empty slots are deliberate — a number appears here only with a source behind it, never guessed.
South Korea for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa
Sourced Full South Korea guide →What matters if it goes wrong, and what it takes to get there — country-level, verifiable guidance in one place.
- 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
- Traveller safety
- Very safe for visitors
- Legal recourse
- Established malpractice recourse
- Insurance
- Medical-travel & complication cover widely available
- International patients
- Hospitals accustomed to international patients
General guidance from public sources — confirm current rules for your nationality. 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.
Risks & the questions to ask
Modeled previewA planning frame — the risks are confirmed for your case by the specialist. The checklist is what an expert would ask before booking anywhere.
Common & temporary
Minor discomfort; rarely, repeat testing
Serious & rare
False reassurance from an incomplete panel
How to de-risk
Confirm what the test covers and who reads the result
Eligibility — is this even for you?
Ask the specialist before you book
- 1How many of this exact procedure did you perform last year?
- 2What is your complication and revision rate for it?
- 3Who manages my aftercare once I fly home, and how?
- 4What exactly is included in the quoted price — and what isn't?
Framework guidance modeled by procedure type — per-procedure clinical risk data replaces it as it's sourced.
Alternatives to cardiac mri
DirectoryWhat's typically considered instead, and when — suitability is a specialist's call, not a price comparison.
- Medication management Typically chosen when intervention risk outweighs benefit.
- Minimally-invasive / catheter option Typically chosen when anatomy allows a non-open approach.
Linked alternatives are priced in this city; the rest join as their pages go live.
Conditions & specialists for this
DirectoryHow this procedure connects to the conditions it treats and the specialists who perform it in Seongnam.
Conditions this treats 2
Dots carry the lens colors — red opens a condition page, teal a specialist page, both priced for Seongnam.
Medical Travel Cost Procedure Index
MPI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable grade per procedure page — each metric measured against the price registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
80% of the formula backed by data
- Price competitiveness 33 Imported cheaper than 33% of cities · vs 9 cities pricing this procedure · 33th percentile
- Savings vs home — Not sourced — · needs a home-market price to compare
- Price evidence 58 ✓ Verified 1 data point · sourced/verified price rows behind the range
- Provider choice 12 Imported 1 clinics · providers offering it in this city
- Provider trust 61 Our index 61/100 top · best provider's Trust Index
Same method as every hospital and procedure page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Common questions
Sourced + modeledShort answers built from the numbers on this page — costs, stay length, safety and verification.
How long do I need to stay in Seongnam?
Plan roughly 2 days in South Korea for the typical case — arrival and consultation, the procedure, and follow-up before you're cleared to fly. Back to desk work around day 1 (modeled typical; your doctor confirms).
Is it safe to have cardiac mri in South Korea?
Very safe for visitors for visitors, and established malpractice recourse. Hospital-level safety signals (accreditation, Trust Index) are listed per hospital below — availability and outcomes always depend on the individual provider.
Which hospitals in Seongnam offer cardiac mri?
1 cardiology & heart surgery and multi-specialty providers are listed for Seongnam, with a top Trust Index of 61/100. We list them as a directory — per-hospital availability is confirmed on each hospital's own page.
Are these prices verified?
1 per-clinic price on this page is manually verified against the clinic's published source; the rest are labeled imported until checked.
Data & sources
22% verified Methodology →How much of this page is verified data — every section carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
All 9 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more Hide
- City price range Not yet collected
- Per-clinic prices ✓ Verified
- City comparison· 8 priced Imported
- Provider directory· 1 clinics Imported
- Outcome benchmarks· slots ready — feed the Index Not yet collected
- Spec sheet & aftercare· 3 of 5 specs typed Modeled
- Recovery timeline Modeled
- Trip cost estimates Modeled
- Visa & travel guidance ✓ 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 Medical Travel Cost Index. Methodology →