The local lens · Malaysia
Medical prices in George Town, Malaysia
Median entry price
≈ $110
from ≈ $24
Cost rank
#2 of 16
cheapest in Malaysia
Avg hospital rating
4.1★
Google · across 7 hospitals
Avg reviews / hospital
2,836
Google · across 7 hospitals
Hospitals in the city
7 · 7 sourced
Procedures priced
11
A treatment day in George Town · the local basket
what a day here burns, besides the procedure
- Specialist consult
- ≈ $24median · 46 priced
- Hotel night
- ≈ $55mid-range · est.
- Local transport
- ≈ $12per day · est.
Consult median is real registry data; hotel and transport are the same modeled estimates the all-in calculators use — labeled, never quotes.
How we collect & verify prices Country guide: Malaysia →
In plain words · George Town is a priced care market in Malaysia — 11 procedures, 46 consultation fees and 7 hospitals you can reach without changing city. The country-level guide (visa, safety, system) lives on the Malaysia page.
The #7 hospital in Malaysia · Newsweek World's Best
#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.
- Procedures priced
- 11
- in this city
- Median entry
- ≈ $110
- across procedures
- Consult median
- ≈ $24
- 46 specialties
- Healthcare grade
- A
- sourced · national
- MLI local market
- 57/100
- our data · not a grade
- Hospitals
- 7
- 7 sourced
- Price spread
- 122%
- median range width
Top hospitals in George Town, Malaysia
Our indexNewsweek's national top 10 first, then our grade — 7 hospitals inside one city is negotiating power: comparable quotes without changing your hotel. Every row opens the hospital's full profile and prices. 7 fully sourced.
Median price spread 122% between published low and high across 7 priced procedures — wide ranges mean quotes are case-dependent and worth comparing.
- 68 Grade
- 78 Grade
- 67 Grade
- 73 Grade
- 69 Grade
- 63 Grade
- 68 Grade
Where George Town ranks on cost in Malaysia
Price axis · lower is cheaperHow cheap George Town is against the other cities we price in Malaysia — our price data. Whether the care is good is a separate country-level rating, on the Malaysia page.
How cheap · our prices · lower is cheaper · among Malaysia cities
index 100 = median across the 16 Malaysia cities we price · lower = cheaper. George Town's median entry ≈ $110 from 11 priced procedures — early data, and each city prices a different basket, so read it as a guide, not a verdict.
The other axis — is the care good? — is a country rating from external world indices, shown on the Malaysia page.
What treatment costs in George Town
ImportedThe cheapest published entries in this city — each links to its full city-level comparison with hospitals and sources.
| Procedure | From (local) | ≈ USD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teeth Cleaning Dental | MYR 98 | $24 | — |
| Ultrasonography Diagnostic Imaging Cancer Treatment (Oncology) | MYR 150 | $37 | up to MYR 180 |
| Comprehensive Eye Exam Eye Care (Ophthalmology) | MYR 190 | $46 | — |
| 3D Tomosynthesis Cancer Treatment (Oncology) | MYR 200 | $49 | up to MYR 240 |
| Teeth Whitening Dental | MYR 298 | $73 | up to MYR 1,500 |
| Sports Medicine Orthopedics | MYR 450 | $110 | up to MYR 1,000 |
| Comprehensive Health Screening Multi-specialty | MYR 450 | $110 | up to MYR 1,000 |
| Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Cancer Treatment (Oncology) | MYR 720 | $176 | up to MYR 1,788 |
Cheapest ≠ best — every row opens the full market for that procedure in George Town. The complete menu lives on each procedure's page.
The consultation-fee market in George Town
Imported46 specialist consultation fees on file — the entry ticket to every pathway. Median ≈ $24; each links to that specialty's full price page.
Cheapest consultations 5
City-level imported fees, re-verified over time — the fee spread itself is a market signal: seniority, equipment and demand price the visit.
Getting around George Town
SourcedThe micro logistics: how you reach the hospital district and what staying near it costs. Sourced transit anchors per hospital; hotel and transport stay labeled estimates.
Transit & airport access — Island Hospital (sourced)
- Penang Int'l Airport (PEN) 15 km · ~25 min by car
- Hotels in the hospital districtcounted + priced as hospital profiles land Not yet sourced
- Hotel night (mid-range, near clinics)modeled estimate — the all-in calculators use the same number ≈ $55 est.
- Airport transfermodeled estimate ≈ $50 est.
Verifying a doctor while here: 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 — details on the Malaysia page.
Medical Travel Cost Local Index — local-market score
MLI · Method 1.3 Methodology →Our 0–100 score for the city as a MARKET — price level, breadth, competition, consult access, trust and logistics — from our own data. It is NOT a healthcare-quality grade: that is Malaysia's sourced A grade (external world indices), shown in the badge and on the country page. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
local-market score
100% of the formula backed by data
Care quality: A · sourced, national
- Price level 76 Imported cheaper than 76% of cities · median entry vs 108 priced cities · 76th percentile
- Market breadth 4 Imported 11 procedures priced · share of the 303-procedure priced registry
- Provider competition 82 ✓ Verified 7 hospitals in the city · 7 sourced · hospitals reachable without changing city
- Consult access 55 Imported 46 fees on file · median ≈ $24 · specialist consultation fees priced in this city
- Provider trust 64 Our index 64/100 top · best provider's Trust Index in the city
- Local logistics 67 ✓ Verified 1 sourced transit points at the top hospital · sourced transit/airport access at sourced hospitals
Same method as every page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Explore George Town by condition or specialist
DirectoryStart from your diagnosis or the doctor type you need — both priced for this city.
By condition 5
Dots carry the lens colors — red opens a condition's care market, teal a specialist's price page.
Common questions
Sourced + modeledShort answers built from the numbers on this page — costs, fees, hospitals and daily budget.
What does treatment cost in George Town?
11 procedures are priced in George Town, starting from ≈ $24 with a median entry of ≈ $110. A specialist consultation runs ≈ $24 at the median, across 46 priced specialties.
How much do I need per day in George Town besides treatment?
Modeled estimates: a mid-range hotel near the hospitals ≈ $55/night, local transport ≈ $12/day plus ≈ $50 for airport transfers — estimates, not quotes; the all-in calculators on each procedure page use the same model.
Can I negotiate prices in George Town?
Published ranges here spread a median of 122% between low and high — wide ranges mean quotes are case-dependent and comparable offers are worth collecting. Always compare itemized quotes line by line.
Which hospitals are in George Town, Malaysia?
7 hospitals and clinics are listed for George Town, ranked by our transparent Trust Index (top score 64/100); 7 have fully sourced profiles. Every profile carries accreditations, reviews and published prices. George Town is one of several cities in Malaysia — see the Malaysia page for the full market.
Data & sources
50% verified Methodology →How much of this page is verified data — every section carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
All 8 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more Hide
- Procedure prices· 11 procedures ✓ Verified
- Consultation fees· 46 on file Imported
- Hospital directory· 7 in the city ✓ Verified
- Transit & access· 1 points at Island Hospital ✓ Verified
- Hotel & transport estimates Modeled
- Price dispersion· median 122% Imported
- Doctor license registry· Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), under the Ministry of Health ✓ Verified
- Cost rank within Malaysia· 15 other Malaysia cities priced Imported
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.