Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) cost: South Korea vs Taiwan
Orthopedics · How we collect and verify prices · USD conversions at the ECB via frankfurter.dev rate of 2026-07-17
Side-by-side comparison
South Korea
from
$20
Samsung Medical Center · AAA
Taiwan
from
$31
Taipei Veterans General Hospital · AAA
South Korea starts ~35% lower — $20 vs $31 in Taiwan, both verified.
Cost
$20 Busan
Lowest price $31 Taipei
$20–$377
Typical range $31–$618
$1,300 round trip
Est. flights $1,460 round trip
≈ $2,200 + 5 nights hotel
All-in trip ≈ $2,371 + 5 nights hotel
Quality
Samsung Medical Center Newsweek #1 · AAA · ★3.9
Top hospital Taipei Veterans General Hospital Newsweek #1 · AAA · ★4.0
★ 3.9
Patient rating ★ 4.0
✓ Accredited JCI accredited
Accreditation —
1,979
Top hospital beds 3,160
96 Orthopedics depts
Hospitals 20 Orthopedics depts
92 Newsweek top 10
Top-ranked 20 Newsweek top 10
Destination
AAA grade
Health system AAA grade
#2 CEOWORLD Health Care Index
World rank #1 CEOWORLD Health Care Index
✓ Verified
Verified price ✓ Verified
Choose South Korea if…
- Lower published price
- Cheaper all-in trip
- Higher-ranked top hospital
- More hospitals to choose from
Choose Taiwan if…
- Better-rated hospital
- Larger flagship hospital
- Higher world health rank
Each figure is a provider's published price, converted to USD at the dated rate above; a green ✓ marks a price fetched from a primary source and corroborated. All-in trip adds estimated flights and 5 nights' hotel from your set origin.