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Eye Care (Ophthalmology) abroad
Everything on eye care (ophthalmology) in one place — what each procedure costs and the cheapest destination for it, which cities grade best, and the hospitals that lead the field. Verified prices start at $114 (Pterygium Surgery, Ho Chi Minh City).
- Procedures priced
- 26/27
- Hospitals
- 176
- Cities priced
- 42
- Verified prices
- 22
Top hospital for eye care (ophthalmology) · Newsweek #1 in South Korea
#1 Samsung Medical Center 3.9★ JCI accredited
Opened in 1994 by the Samsung Foundation, Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam is a 1,979-bed non-profit hospital ranked #30 in the world by Newsweek (2025). JCI-accredited and cancer-focused, it runs one of Korea's two proton-therapy centres and has operated a dedicated international centre since 1995.
Seoul, South Korea · 176 hospitals run a eye care (ophthalmology) department across 42 cities.
Where eye care (ophthalmology) is offered
9 countriesCoverage = whole-treatment procedures we hold a price for, most-covered country first. “Not offered” = confirmed unavailable in our sourced cities — never a legal claim.
What eye care (ophthalmology) costs
MFI · Pink indexEach procedure with its cheapest destination on file, normalised to one currency so countries compare fairly. ✓ = a verified price exists somewhere; we never add these into a single “field price.”
- Eye Allergy Treatment from $5 / per-course New Delhi
- OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) ✓ from $10 / per-eye New Delhi
- Dry Eye Treatment from $21 / per-course New Delhi
- Refraction Test from $27 / total Dubai
- Pediatric Eye Exam from $27 / total Dubai
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- Comprehensive Eye Exam ✓ from $36 / package Kuala Lumpur
- Fundus Photography from $49 / package Kuala Lumpur
- Visual Field Test from $54 / total Dubai
- Floaters and Flashes Evaluation from $82 / total Dubai
- Contact Lens Fitting from $82 / total Dubai
- Pterygium Surgery ✓ from $114 / per-eye (mổ mộng thịt; đơn thuần→ghép kết mạc + áp Mitomycin) Ho Chi Minh City
- Cataract Surgery ✓ from $156 / per-eye New Delhi
- Keratoconus Treatment ✓ from $208 / per-eye New Delhi
- Intravitreal Injections ✓ from $232 / package Bangkok
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery) ✓ from $305 / per-procedure (cắt mí thẩm mỹ; cơ bản→kết hợp chỉnh sụp mí/loại bỏ mỡ, both eyes) Ho Chi Minh City
- Strabismus Surgery ✓ from $312 / per-eye New Delhi
- LASIK Eye Surgery ✓ from $346 / package Cheongju
- Ptosis Surgery ✓ from $364 / per-eyelid New Delhi
- Retinal Detachment Surgery ✓ from $416 / per-eye New Delhi
- LASEK Eye Surgery from $484 / package Seoul
- Eye Trauma Repair from $733 / per-eye Kuala Lumpur
- PRK Eye Surgery ✓ from $818 / package Bangkok
- Corneal Transplant ✓ from $1,010 / total-bill Seoul
- ReLEx SMILE Surgery ✓ from $1,630 / per-eye Dubai
2 consultations and diagnostic tests (per-visit / per-test) are priced on each procedure's detail page rather than in this treatment menu. 7 more (drug protocols, supportive care) are priced per cycle or regimen — we show ranges where honest, never a fake single price.
Best destinations for eye care (ophthalmology)
6 measurableEvery city graded on this one field — price coverage, verification and provider quality — using the same MFI formula as the scorecards. Open a city for its full field scorecard.
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Best hospitals for eye care (ophthalmology)
Newsweek World's Best national rank first, then our sourced grade. Across all destinations.
- #1 Samsung Medical Center Seoul, South Korea 3.9★
- #1 Medanta - The Medicity Gurugram, India 4.2★
- #1 Bumrungrad International Hospital Bangkok, Thailand 3.8★
- #1 Sunway Medical Centre Subang Jaya, Malaysia 4.7★
- #1 Singapore General Hospital Singapore, Singapore 3.4★
- #1 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 4.4★
- #1 Koç University Hospital Istanbul, Turkey 3.5★
- #2 Asan Medical Center Seoul, South Korea 4.0★
What eye care (ophthalmology) care covers · 27 procedures we price
The procedures we hold prices for under eye care (ophthalmology) — each opens its own cross-country price comparison. We show what's priced and where; we make no claim about legal eligibility, which varies by country and by your circumstances — confirm with the hospital.
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery)
- Cataract Surgery
- Color Blindness Testing
- Comprehensive Eye Exam
- Contact Lens Fitting
- Corneal Transplant
- Dry Eye Treatment
- Eye Allergy Treatment
- Eye Trauma Repair
- Floaters and Flashes Evaluation
- Fundus Photography
- Glaucoma Surgery
- Intravitreal Injections
- Keratoconus Treatment
- LASEK Eye Surgery
- LASIK Eye Surgery
- OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)
- Ocular Prosthesis (Artificial Eye)
- PRK Eye Surgery
- Pediatric Eye Exam
- Pterygium Surgery
- Ptosis Surgery
- ReLEx SMILE Surgery
- Refraction Test
- Retinal Detachment Surgery
- Strabismus Surgery
- Visual Field Test
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