Multi-specialty · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hospitalist consultation cost in Dubai
Consultation from
$41
Departments
1
Services priced
20
What a hospitalist's work costs · Dubai
each dot = one priced service
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In plain words · Hospitalists are the specialist doctor type for this field — the prices below are what hospitals publish for a first consultation and their services.
- Consult from
- $41
- ✓ verified fee
- Services priced
- 20 of 28
- specialty menu
- Service span
- $82–$5,450
- across services
- MSI Index
- 58
- BBB
- Departments
- 1
- in Dubai
- Conditions
- 8
- they treat
Top hospitalist department · Newsweek #2 in United Arab Emirates
#2 American Hospital Dubai 4.1★ JCI accredited
Opened in 1996, American Hospital Dubai was the first hospital in the Middle East to earn JCI accreditation and is the inaugural regional member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. A 254-bed private hospital in Oud Metha where all physicians are American Board Certified, it spans 40+ specialties with strengths in oncology, cardiology and robotic surgery.
Consult in Dubai from $41 · ✓ verified fee
Hospitalist departments in Dubai
Best firstThe best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our grade. Re-rank by rating or reviews. Listings are inferred from hospital profiles until availability is verified.
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Hospitalist services & prices in Dubai
VerifiedWhat this kind of doctor's work costs here, cheapest first — each service links to its full price comparison across clinics and cities.
- Specialist Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Endocrinology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Pulmonology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Gastroenterology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Neurology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
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- Rheumatology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Infectious Disease Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Nephrology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Hematology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Gynecology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Dermatology Consultation ✓ AED 300–AED 1,200from $82
- Comprehensive Health Screening AED 499–AED 30,000from $136
- Gastroscopy (Upper GI Endoscopy) ✓ AED 1,500–AED 6,000from $408
- Colonoscopy ✓ AED 2,000–AED 8,000from $545
- Tonsillectomy AED 7,000–AED 23,500from $1,910
- Hernia Repair (Inguinal) ✓ AED 12,000–AED 40,000from $3,270
- Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) AED 12,000–AED 30,000from $3,270
- Appendectomy AED 15,000–AED 30,000from $4,080
- Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy) ✓ AED 18,000–AED 30,000from $4,900
- Thyroidectomy AED 20,000–AED 35,000from $5,450
City-level ranges from our 2025 research; unverified rows are labeled until re-checked against published prices.
Not sure a hospitalist is the right type? Who does what
ImportedThe 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.
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- Allergist/Immunologist consult from $82
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Role lines are a modeled framework — your case decides who leads it. Fees are imported city-level ranges, re-verified over time.
Conditions a hospitalist 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 Dubai.
When to see a hospitalist — 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
- ›A referral or diagnosis that names this specialty
- ›Symptoms your GP thinks need specialist review
- ›A second opinion on a proposed treatment
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 from $41
- 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
Fee in context — the median specialist consult in Dubai is ≈ $82 across 62 priced specialties; this fee sits at the 8th percentile. Imported fees, re-verified over time.
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 hospitalist
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
- Three emirate-level regulators licence physicians — Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in Dubai, the Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi, and the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) for the northern emirates. A licence from one authority does not carry to another emirate. · DHA 'Sheryan' portal (services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan) — public 'Verify Professional License/Registration Status' search by name, licence number or specialisation, returning full name, specialisation, licence type (Consultant/Specialist/GP), status (Active/Suspended/Revoked) and registered facility; Abu Dhabi uses the DoH portal (doh.gov.ae via the TAMM platform), northern emirates use MOHAP (mohap.gov.ae)
- What it shows
- licence status (must read 'Active') · consultant/specialist grade · registered facility · issuing emirate authority · (hospital) 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.
United Arab Emirates for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa
Sourced Full United Arab Emirates guide →What matters if it goes wrong, and what it takes to get there — country-level, verifiable guidance in one place.
- Visa
- Many Western nationalities (US, UK, EU, Australia, Canada) get a free visa on arrival for 30–90 days; from 2026 tourist-visa approvals in Dubai are processed in ~48 hours, and visa-on-arrival eligibility was expanded to six more nationalities (Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Kenya, South Africa). Confirm your nationality's rule before travelling.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- For treatment, foreign patients use a Medical Visa — an entry permit sponsored by a licensed UAE hospital (fees: AED 200 for a 90-day single entry, AED 500 for 180 days), typically covering ~30 days of initial treatment and extendable on medical documentation. Hospitals in Dubai Healthcare City, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and American Hospital Dubai coordinate approvals directly with the GDRFA.
- Arrival
- There is no digital arrival card; entry is via the visa/visa-on-arrival stamp. Residents (not short-stay medical visitors) must hold an Emirates ID.
- Currency
- UAE Dirham (AED, د.إ) — pegged at ~3.67 to the US dollar
- Languages
- Arabic is the official language; English is the working language of business and healthcare, and international hospitals operate in English with multilingual staff
- 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: UAE Government — Patient & companion medical visa · GDRFA Dubai — Medical visa service · UAE Government — Tourist visa.
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.
100% of the formula backed by data
- Consultation price 40 Imported cheaper than 40% of cities · vs 5 cities with a consult fee · 40th percentile
- Service coverage 71 Imported 20 of 28 services priced · share of this specialty's procedures priced here
- Price evidence 100 ✓ Verified 20 priced services · sourced/verified prices behind the service menu
- Provider choice 10 Imported 1 departments · 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.
How much does a hospitalist consultation cost in Dubai?
The going rate is AED 150–AED 500 (≈ $41). Tests ordered on the day are billed separately as a rule.
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 hospitalist procedures cost in Dubai?
20 multi-specialty services are priced here, from ≈ $82 up to ≈ $5,450. Each service links to its own full price comparison.
How do I choose a hospitalist in Dubai?
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?
Verified figures are marked ✓; the rest are imported from our 2025 research and labeled until re-checked.
Data & sources
44% 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· DHA/DoH UAE mandatory tariff (Shafafiya DRG methodology, as-of 2026-03): specialist first-consult cash band AED 300-600 typical, premium up to AED 1,200; GP/primary-care AED 150-500. The UAE first-specialist-consult is ~specialty-agnostic per facility tier (source-specialist-price insight), so one govt-tariff benchmark verifies the consult layer; surgical/oncology sub-specialists priced to the upper band. Cash setting (insurance-covered when medically indicated). [primary-care GP tier AED 150-500] (superseded legacy USD derived band) ✓ Verified
- Service prices· 20 of 28 ✓ Verified
- Department listings· 1 clinics Imported
- Cross-city consult fees· 5 priced Imported
- Visit guide & vetting checklist Modeled
- Remote visits & lead time· 1 of 4 priced Imported
- Field role map & fee context· 5 sibling fees bound Imported
- Doctor license registry· Three emirate-level regulators licence physicians — Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in Dubai, the Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi, and the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) for the northern emirates. A licence from one authority does not carry to another emirate. ✓ 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.