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Cancer Treatment (Oncology) · Daejeon, South Korea

Oncologist consultation cost in Daejeon

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5

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In plain words · A cancer doctor — plans and runs treatment with medicines (chemotherapy, hormonal, targeted and immunotherapy) and coordinates the rest of the cancer team. Operating is the surgical oncologist's job; radiotherapy is the radiation team's.

Also known as: cancer doctormedical oncologist

Services priced
1 of 80
specialty menu
MSI Index
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Departments
5
5 verified
Conditions
8
they treat

Top oncologist department · Newsweek #19 in South Korea

#19 Chungnam National University Hospital BBB 3.2★ KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) — 상급종합병원/급성기 (tertiary hospital, acute-care) certification

Chungnam National University Hospital (충남대학교병원) is a public national-university tertiary teaching hospital (상급종합병원) in Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, established 1972 as the first teaching hospital in Korea's central Chungcheong region. It is affiliated with Chungnam National University College of Medicine and is distinct from its own 2020-opened sister campus, Sejong Chungnam National University Hospital, and from Chonnam National University Hospital (전남/Jeollanam-do) and Chonnam National University-Hwasun Hospital, unrelated institutions with similar-sounding romanized names. It holds current KOIHA acute-care/tertiary accreditation (cert 4-15, valid 2023-02-07 to 2027-02-06, directory-verified via 소비자24); no JCI accreditation is claimed. Its own 2025-12 hospital-status dashboard reports 1,186 operating beds (down from 1,409 in 2015, per its own decade-long facilities chart), while its KOIHA registry entry separately lists 1,303 licensed beds — both cited rather than averaged. It runs a Gamma Knife radiosurgery center, organ- and hematopoietic-stem-cell-transplant programs, a critical care center, and a regionally-designated rare-disease referral institution, alongside a broad roster of clinical departments spanning internal medicine subspecialties, surgery, women's/children's health, and dentistry. Its own mandated 비급여 (non-covered) fee disclosure carries a dental-implant line (1.9-3.0M won per tooth, materials included), manual therapy (33,000-55,100 won/day), musculoskeletal ESWT (134,000-294,100 won), and a flat-priced brain MRI menu (741,800 won regardless of contrast or field strength) — but no plain diagnostic CT line item was found anywhere in its disclosure database. Its Comprehensive Health Promotion Center separately publishes self-pay screening-program prices from an entry '2030검진' tier (450,000/500,000 won) up to a top cerebro/cardiovascular precision tier (3.5-3.99M won); no separate foreigner-package pricing was found on its International Healthcare Center page.

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Oncologist departments in Daejeon

Best first

The best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our grade. Re-rank by rating or reviews. 5 of 5 departments have verified availability.

  • Chungnam National University Hospital #19 Sourced profile

    multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) — 상급종합병원/급성기 (tertiary hospital, acute-care) certification 3.2 Google 1,186 beds

    BBB 71 Grade
  • The Catholic University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital #75 Sourced profile

    multi-specialty KOIHA 3.6 Google 657 beds

    B 68 Grade
  • Daejeon Sun Medical Center #82 Sourced profile

    multi-specialty KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care Hospital Accreditation) 3.6 Google 328 beds

    B 67 Grade
  • Yuseong Sun Medical Center #92 Sourced profile

    multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation, 급성기 acute-care type) 3.6 Google 329 beds

    B 66 Grade
  • VHS Daejeon Hospital #124 Sourced profile

    multi-specialty 4.5 Google 380 beds

    B 63 Grade

Oncologist services & prices in Daejeon

Verified

What this kind of doctor's work costs here, cheapest first — each service links to its full price comparison across clinics and cities.

City-level ranges from our 2025 research; unverified rows are labeled until re-checked against published prices.

Not sure an oncologist is the right type? Who does what

Modeled preview

The 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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  • Radiologist reads imaging — finds and stages the problem 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 an oncologist treats

Directory

Does this doctor type handle your problem? Each condition links to its treatment menu with prices in this city.

Red dots carry the condition lens — each opens that diagnosis's treatment menu priced for Daejeon.

When to see an oncologist — and what the first visit looks like

Modeled preview

A 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 confirmed or suspected cancer diagnosis from a biopsy or scan
  • An abnormal screening result that needs staging
  • A second opinion on a proposed treatment plan
  • Follow-up care after treatment abroad or at home

What happens

  1. 1History & examination — your story first, then a focused exam
  2. 2Review of the records and imaging you brought
  3. 3Tests ordered where needed (billed separately as a rule)
  4. 4A working diagnosis and treatment options discussed
  5. 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 an oncologist

Modeled preview

Credentials and case volume decide outcomes more than the consultation fee — the checklist an expert would put to any candidate.

  1. 1Board certification in this specialty — which board, which year?
  2. 2Are cases reviewed by a multidisciplinary tumor board?
  3. 3How many cases like mine do you see per year?
  4. 4Do you work within a hospital that can handle complications?
  5. 5Who covers follow-up questions after I fly home?
  6. 6Is the consultation fee credited against treatment if I proceed?

Verify the doctor — before you book

Sourced
Official registry
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) / Ministry of Health and Welfare — physicians are licensed by MOHW and registered with the Korean Medical Association (KMA) · medicalkorea.or.kr/en/registeredsystem — KHIDI's public register of medical institutions certified to treat foreign patients (confirm your clinic holds a valid registration certificate); no public English per-physician license search — ask the clinic for the surgeon's Korean name, license number and specialty-board registration number, verifiable via KMA/MOHW
What it shows
institution registration status for foreign-patient care · mandatory malpractice-liability insurance · (per-doctor) MOHW license and specialty-board certification on request

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.

South Korea for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa

Sourced Full South Korea 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/Schengen, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan) enter visa-free for short medical or tourist visits. The K-ETA (electronic travel authorization) requirement is temporarily WAIVED for 67 countries and territories through 31 December 2026 — eligible travellers enter without applying for a K-ETA; the requirement is expected to resume 1 January 2027. Confirm your nationality's current rule before travelling.
Medical / long-stay visa
For treatment, foreign patients typically use the C-3-3 medical tourism visa (short-term, stays up to 90 days, generally not extendable beyond 90 days except in special circumstances). For treatment or recovery longer than 90 days, patients change to or apply for the G-1-10 long-term medical treatment visa, which can be extended inside Korea; it requires hospital documentation (medical opinion, treatment schedule, payment records). Applications must be tied to a medical institution registered with KTO/KHIDI.
Arrival
From 1 January 2026, all foreign arrivals must file the mandatory digital e-Arrival Card online (within 3 days before arrival) — it replaces the paper disembarkation card and is a declaration, not a visa. Travellers who hold an approved K-ETA are exempt from the arrival card, but nationals of K-ETA-waived countries (US, UK, EU, Japan, etc.) must still complete the e-Arrival Card.
Currency
South Korean Won (KRW, ₩)
Languages
Korean; English widely spoken in international-patient centers at major hospitals, with interpreter services in multiple languages
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: Korea Immigration — K-ETA temporary exemption extended to 31 Dec 2026 (MOFA/KPMG GMS alert) · Korea e-Arrival Card mandatory from 1 Jan 2026 · Medical Korea — medical visa (C-3-3 / G-1-10), KHIDI · MOHW — Korea attracts 1.17 million foreign patients in 2024.

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.

39
B

75% of the formula backed by data

  • Consultation price Not sourced — · needs a sourced consultation fee
  • Service coverage 1 Imported 1 of 80 services priced · share of this specialty's procedures priced here
  • Price evidence 45 ✓ Verified 1 priced service · sourced/verified prices behind the service menu
  • Provider choice 70 ✓ Verified 5 departments · 5 verified · departments of this specialty in the city
  • Provider trust 63 Our index 63/100 top · best provider's Trust Index

Same method as every page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.

Common questions

Sourced + modeled

Short 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 oncologist procedures cost in Daejeon?

1 cancer treatment (oncology) services are priced here, from ≈ $362. Each service links to its own full price comparison.

How do I choose an oncologist in Daejeon?

5 departments are listed, top Trust Index 63. 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.

56%
data confidence · Partial
Verified facts44%
Page filled78%
All 9 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more
  • Consultation fee Not yet collected
  • Service prices· 1 of 80 ✓ Verified
  • Department listings· 5 clinics ✓ Verified
  • Cross-city consult fees· 37 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· Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) / Ministry of Health and Welfare — physicians are licensed by MOHW and registered with the Korean Medical Association (KMA) ✓ 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.