The local lens · South Korea
Medical prices in Incheon, South Korea
Median entry price
≈ $101
from ≈ $3
Cost rank
#2 of 37
cheapest in South Korea
Avg hospital rating
3.7★
Google · across 10 hospitals
Avg reviews / hospital
150
Google · across 10 hospitals
Hospitals in the city
10 · 10 sourced
Procedures priced
20
A treatment day in Incheon · the local basket
what a day here burns, besides the procedure
- Specialist consult
- ≈ $37median · 36 priced
- Hotel night
- ≈ $90mid-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: South Korea →
In plain words · Incheon is a priced care market in South Korea — 20 procedures, 36 consultation fees and 10 hospitals you can reach without changing city. The country-level guide (visa, safety, system) lives on the South Korea page.
The #9 hospital in South Korea · Newsweek World's Best
#9 Inha University Hospital 3.4★
Opened in May 1996 as the first university hospital in the greater Incheon area, Inha University Hospital is a 906-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Inha University (Hanjin/Korean Air foundation). It runs 36 clinical divisions and 19 specialized centers — including a Cancer & BMT center, Cyberknife, robotic surgery, and a government-designated Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center — and, uniquely, operates the 24/7 medical centers at Incheon International Airport's Terminals 1 and 2. A helipad in front of the hospital supports emergency doctor-helicopter transfers.
- Procedures priced
- 20
- in this city
- Median entry
- ≈ $101
- across procedures
- Consult median
- ≈ $37
- 36 specialties
- Healthcare grade
- AAA
- sourced · national
- MLI local market
- 59/100
- our data · not a grade
- Hospitals
- 10
- 10 sourced
- Price spread
- 310%
- median range width
Top hospitals in Incheon, South Korea
Our indexNewsweek's national top 10 first, then our grade — 10 hospitals inside one city is negotiating power: comparable quotes without changing your hotel. Every row opens the hospital's full profile and prices. 10 fully sourced.
Median price spread 310% between published low and high across 16 priced procedures — wide ranges mean quotes are case-dependent and worth comparing.
- 69 Grade
- The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital #23 Sourced profile
multi-specialty 상급종합병원 (Tier-1 Advanced General Hospital, 5th designation cycle 2024-2026, Ministry of Health and Welfare) 3.8 Google 728 beds
73 Grade - Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital #40 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 급성기병원 인증 (Acute-Care General Hospital Accreditation) 3.4 Google 609 beds
71 Grade - Gachon University Gil Medical Center #42 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) — 상급종합병원/급성기 (tertiary hospital, acute-care) certification 3.6 Google 1,400 beds
74 Grade - Hallym Hospital #91 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) 2.9 Google 414 beds
70 Grade - Na-Eun Hospital #94 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) 3.1 Google 399 beds
68 Grade - Incheonsarang Hospital #108 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) 3.9 Google 277 beds
67 Grade - Nasaret International Hospital #111 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) 4.6 Google 272 beds
70 Grade - Incheon Sejong Hospital #121 Sourced profile
Cardiology & Heart Surgery KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation) 3.7 Google 303 beds
70 Grade - Gumdan Top General Hospital Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA 의료기관인증 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation, 급성기병원 acute-care cycle) 5.0 Google 297 beds
74 Grade
Where Incheon ranks on cost in South Korea
Price axis · lower is cheaperHow cheap Incheon is against the other cities we price in South Korea — our price data. Whether the care is good is a separate country-level rating, on the South Korea page.
How cheap · our prices · lower is cheaper · among South Korea cities
index 100 = median across the 37 South Korea cities we price · lower = cheaper. Incheon's median entry ≈ $101 from 20 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 South Korea page.
What treatment costs in Incheon
VerifiedThe cheapest published entries in this city — each links to its full city-level comparison with hospitals and sources.
| Procedure | From (local) | ≈ USD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Checkup Dental | ₩4,600 | $3 | up to ₩30,000 |
| Botox Anti-Aging & Wellness | ₩15,000 | $10 | up to ₩90,000 |
| IV Drip Therapy Anti-Aging & Wellness | ₩21,000 | $14 | up to ₩62,940 |
| Manual Therapy Orthopedics | ₩25,000 | $17 | up to ₩200,000 |
| Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Orthopedics | ₩37,110 | $25 | up to ₩461,300 |
| Dental Fillings Dental | ₩50,000 | $34 | up to ₩204,910 |
| Teeth Cleaning Dental | ₩100,000 | $67 | — |
| Ultrasonography Diagnostic Imaging Cancer Treatment (Oncology) | ₩119,170 | $80 | up to ₩288,170 |
Cheapest ≠ best — every row opens the full market for that procedure in Incheon. The complete menu lives on each procedure's page.
The consultation-fee market in Incheon
Imported36 specialist consultation fees on file — the entry ticket to every pathway. Median ≈ $37; 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 Incheon
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 — Inha University Hospital (sourced)
- Incheon Int'l Airport (ICN) 40 km · ~30 min by car (hospital states 30 min from ICN)
- Gimpo Int'l Airport (GMP) 35 km · ~45 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 ≈ $90 est.
- Airport transfermodeled estimate ≈ $50 est.
Verifying a doctor while here: 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 — details on the South Korea 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 South Korea's sourced AAA 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: AAA · sourced, national
- Price level 80 Imported cheaper than 80% of cities · median entry vs 108 priced cities · 80th percentile
- Market breadth 7 Imported 20 procedures priced · share of the 303-procedure priced registry
- Provider competition 85 ✓ Verified 10 hospitals in the city · 10 sourced · hospitals reachable without changing city
- Consult access 52 Imported 36 fees on file · median ≈ $37 · specialist consultation fees priced in this city
- Provider trust 65 Our index 65/100 top · best provider's Trust Index in the city
- Local logistics 74 ✓ Verified 2 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 Incheon 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 Incheon?
20 procedures are priced in Incheon, starting from ≈ $3 with a median entry of ≈ $101. A specialist consultation runs ≈ $37 at the median, across 36 priced specialties.
How much do I need per day in Incheon besides treatment?
Modeled estimates: a mid-range hotel near the hospitals ≈ $90/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 Incheon?
Published ranges here spread a median of 310% 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 Incheon, South Korea?
10 hospitals and clinics are listed for Incheon, ranked by our transparent Trust Index (top score 65/100); 10 have fully sourced profiles. Every profile carries accreditations, reviews and published prices. Incheon is one of several cities in South Korea — see the South Korea 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· 20 procedures ✓ Verified
- Consultation fees· 36 on file Imported
- Hospital directory· 10 in the city ✓ Verified
- Transit & access· 2 points at Inha University Hospital ✓ Verified
- Hotel & transport estimates Modeled
- Price dispersion· median 310% Imported
- 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
- Cost rank within South Korea· 36 other South Korea 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.