Cardiology & Heart Surgery · Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia
Cardiologist consultation cost in Bukit Mertajam
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In plain words · Cardiologists are the specialist doctor type for this field — the prices below are what hospitals publish for a first consultation and their services.
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Top cardiologist department · Newsweek #16 in Malaysia
#16 KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital 4.9★ JCI accredited
KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital is the 19th hospital in the KPJ Healthcare Berhad network, located in Bukit Mertajam on mainland Penang (Seberang Perai). A January 2025 South Wing expansion, officiated by Malaysia's Prime Minister, raised its bed capacity from 193 to 319. It is JCI-accredited (Hospital Program, since 2013) and MSQH-accredited, and ranked #16 in Malaysia in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026.
Cardiologist departments in Bukit Mertajam
Best firstThe best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our grade. Re-rank by rating or reviews. 1 of 1 departments have verified availability.
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Cardiologist services & prices in Bukit Mertajam
ImportedWhat this kind of doctor's work costs here, cheapest first — each service links to its full price comparison across clinics and cities.
- Coronary Angiography MYR 4,588–MYR 4,588from $1,120
City-level ranges from our 2025 research; unverified rows are labeled until re-checked against published prices.
Not sure a cardiologist is the right type? Who does what
Modeled previewThe doctor types in this field and where each one fits — with their consultation fees where we hold them. Each links to its own price page.
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon Fee not yet priced
- Interventional Cardiologist Fee not yet priced
- Pediatric Cardiologist Fee not yet priced
- Thoracic Surgeon Fee not yet priced
- Vascular Surgeon Fee not yet priced
Role lines are a modeled framework — your case decides who leads it. Fees are imported city-level ranges, re-verified over time.
Conditions a cardiologist treats
DirectoryDoes this doctor type handle your problem? Each condition links to its treatment menu with prices in this city.
Conditions treated 4
Red dots carry the condition lens — each opens that diagnosis's treatment menu priced for Bukit Mertajam.
When to see a cardiologist — and what the first visit looks like
Modeled previewA planning frame — the referral triggers, what happens in the room, and what to bring so the visit isn't wasted.
When it's time
- ›Chest pain, palpitations or unexplained breathlessness
- ›An abnormal ECG, echo or stress test
- ›High blood pressure that medication isn't controlling
- ›A planned surgery that needs cardiac clearance
What happens
- 1History & examination — your story first, then a focused exam
- 2Review of the records and imaging you brought
- 3Tests ordered where needed (billed separately as a rule)
- 4A working diagnosis and treatment options discussed
- 5A written plan — and an itemized quote if treatment is proposed
What to bring
- ✓Passport & travel insurance details
- ✓Recent scans and imaging (disc or digital link)
- ✓Lab results and current medication list
- ✓Referral letters or prior treatment summaries, translated to English
Booking & access — what the visit costs
- In-person consultationthe fee this page is built on — tests ordered on the day bill separately Not yet sourced
- Remote records review — written second opinionyour existing reports read here before you fly · collected per hospital Not yet sourced
- Video consultationlive case discussion · collected per hospital Not yet sourced
- Appointment lead timedays from inquiry to the visit · collected per hospital Not yet sourced
Remote-visit prices and lead times are decision data, so they're collected per hospital — never assumed. Each sourced row raises this page's MSI coverage.
How to vet a cardiologist
Modeled previewCredentials and case volume decide outcomes more than the consultation fee — the checklist an expert would put to any candidate.
- 1Board certification in this specialty — which board, which year?
- 2How many cases like mine do you see per year?
- 3Do you work within a hospital that can handle complications?
- 4Who covers follow-up questions after I fly home?
- 5Is the consultation fee credited against treatment if I proceed?
Verify the doctor — before you book
Sourced- Official registry
- Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), under the Ministry of Health · mmc.gov.my — public register of fully- and provisionally-registered medical practitioners; hospital quality is separately accredited by MSQH (msqh.com.my) and JCI
- What it shows
- registration status · qualifications · specialist register (NSR) · (hospital) MSQH / JCI accreditation
Hospitals name your doctor when they quote — run that name through the registry. We cite the official body only, never rank individuals.
Doctors are hospital attributes in our registry — never ranked or reviewed as individuals. Vet the person, choose through the hospital.
Malaysia for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa
Sourced Full Malaysia 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, Australia) enter visa-free for 30–90 days for tourism or business; travel purely for treatment uses a medical visa.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- Malaysia issues a Medical Tourism e-Visa for treatment longer than the visa-free window, granted on an invitation letter from an MHTC-registered hospital via the immigration eVISA portal.
- Arrival
- Most travellers must complete the free Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) online within 3 days before arrival.
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (RM / MYR)
- Languages
- Malay and English are official; English is widely spoken and staff at international hospitals are English-speaking
- Traveller safety
- Generally safe
- Legal recourse
- Limited recourse — use a medical-travel insurer
- 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: Malaysia MyVISA (immigration eVISA — Medical) · Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).
Medical Travel Cost Specialist Index
MSI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable grade for this city's provider market for the doctor type — consult price, service coverage, evidence, choice and trust on the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
75% of the formula backed by data
- Consultation price — Not sourced — · needs a sourced consultation fee
- Service coverage 4 Imported 1 of 27 services priced · share of this specialty's procedures priced here
- Price evidence 5 Imported 1 priced service · sourced/verified prices behind the service menu
- Provider choice 30 ✓ Verified 1 departments · 1 verified · departments of this specialty in the city
- Provider trust 61 Our index 61/100 top · best provider's Trust Index
Same method as every page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Common questions
Sourced + modeledShort answers built from the numbers on this page — fees, first visit, choosing and verification.
What happens at the first appointment?
History and examination, review of the records you bring, tests where needed, then a working diagnosis and a written plan — with an itemized quote if treatment is proposed. Bring scans, labs and a medication list.
What do cardiologist procedures cost in Bukit Mertajam?
1 cardiology & heart surgery services are priced here, from ≈ $1,120. Each service links to its own full price comparison.
How do I choose a cardiologist in Bukit Mertajam?
1 departments are listed, top Trust Index 61. Use the vetting checklist below — board certification, case volume and aftercare coverage matter more than the fee.
Are these prices verified?
Not yet — figures come from our 2025 Bukit Mertajam market research and are marked ✓ only after re-verification against published prices. Unverified numbers are always labeled.
Data & sources
33% 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
- Consultation fee Not yet collected
- Service prices· 1 of 27 Imported
- Department listings· 1 clinics ✓ Verified
- Cross-city consult fees· 34 priced Imported
- Visit guide & vetting checklist Modeled
- Remote visits & lead time· 0 of 4 priced Not yet collected
- Field role map & fee context· 0 sibling fees bound Modeled
- Doctor license registry· Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), under the Ministry of Health ✓ Verified
- 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.