Multi-specialty · George Town, Malaysia
Neurosurgeon consultation cost in George Town
Consultation from
$37
Departments
2
How we collect & verify prices
In plain words · Neurosurgeons are the specialist doctor type for this field — the prices below are what hospitals publish for a first consultation and their services.
- Consult from
- $37
- imported fee
- MSI Index
- 28
- B
- Departments
- 2
- 2 verified
- Conditions
- 8
- they treat
Top neurosurgeon department · Newsweek #7 in Malaysia
#7 Island Hospital 4.4★
Founded in 1996 in central George Town and now part of IHH Healthcare, Island Hospital is a 600-bed hospital named Malaysia's first Flagship Medical Tourism Hospital by the MHTC in 2025. With 80+ specialists across 9 Centres of Excellence, it drew nearly 200,000 international health travellers from over 100 countries in 2023.
Consult in George Town from $37
Neurosurgeon departments in George Town
Best firstThe best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our grade. Re-rank by rating or reviews. 2 of 2 departments have verified availability.
- 68 Grade
- 78 Grade
Not sure a neurosurgeon 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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Role lines are a modeled framework — your case decides who leads it. Fees are imported city-level ranges, re-verified over time.
Conditions a neurosurgeon 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 George Town.
When to see a neurosurgeon — 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 $37
- 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 George Town is ≈ $24 across 46 priced specialties; this fee sits at the 100th 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 neurosurgeon
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.
80% of the formula backed by data
- Consultation price 28 Imported cheaper than 28% of cities · vs 32 cities with a consult fee · 28th percentile
- Service coverage 0 Not sourced 0 of 28 services priced · share of this specialty's procedures priced here
- Price evidence — Not sourced — · sourced/verified prices behind the service menu
- Provider choice 40 ✓ Verified 2 departments · 2 verified · departments of this specialty in the city
- Provider trust 64 Our index 64/100 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 neurosurgeon consultation cost in George Town?
The going rate is MYR 150–MYR 350 (≈ $37). 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.
How do I choose a neurosurgeon in George Town?
2 departments are listed, top Trust Index 64. 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 George Town 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· Premium sub-specialist consult (private billed) RM150-350: above the Act 586 RM235 cap once facility/specialist premium applies. Pantai Hospital indicative RM200-400; typical private specialist billed RM150-350 (calculatormalaysia.com). Supersedes legacy USD placeholder. Imported
- Service prices· 0 of 28 Not yet collected
- Department listings· 2 clinics ✓ Verified
- Cross-city consult fees· 32 priced Imported
- Visit guide & vetting checklist Modeled
- Remote visits & lead time· 1 of 4 priced Imported
- Field role map & fee context· 3 sibling fees bound Imported
- 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.