The local lens · Taiwan
Medical prices in Taipei, Taiwan
Median entry price
≈ $464
from ≈ $6
Cost rank
#3 of 14
cheapest in Taiwan
Avg hospital rating
3.6★
Google · across 9 hospitals
Avg reviews / hospital
2,546
Google · across 9 hospitals
Hospitals in the city
9 · 9 sourced
Procedures priced
70
A treatment day in Taipei · the local basket
what a day here burns, besides the procedure
- Specialist consult
- ≈ $8median · 26 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: Taiwan →
In plain words · Taipei is a priced care market in Taiwan — 70 procedures, 26 consultation fees and 9 hospitals you can reach without changing city. The country-level guide (visa, safety, system) lives on the Taiwan page.
The #1 hospital in Taiwan · Newsweek World's Best
#1 Taipei Veterans General Hospital 4.0★
Taipei Veterans General Hospital is a medical-center-tier hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1958. It is a public institution. It has 3160 beds.
- Procedures priced
- 70
- in this city
- Median entry
- ≈ $464
- across procedures
- Consult median
- ≈ $8
- 26 specialties
- Healthcare grade
- AAA
- sourced · national
- MLI local market
- 52/100
- our data · not a grade
- Hospitals
- 9
- 9 sourced
- Price spread
- 243%
- median range width
Top hospitals in Taipei, Taiwan
Our indexNewsweek's national top 10 first, then our grade — 9 hospitals inside one city is negotiating power: comparable quotes without changing your hotel. Every row opens the hospital's full profile and prices. 9 fully sourced.
Median price spread 243% between published low and high across 39 priced procedures — wide ranges mean quotes are case-dependent and worth comparing.
- 83 Grade
- 78 Grade
- 70 Grade
- 69 Grade
- 77 Grade
- 59 Grade
- 77 Grade
- 66 Grade
- 68 Grade
Where Taipei ranks on cost in Taiwan
Price axis · lower is cheaperHow cheap Taipei is against the other cities we price in Taiwan — our price data. Whether the care is good is a separate country-level rating, on the Taiwan page.
How cheap · our prices · lower is cheaper · among Taiwan cities
index 100 = median across the 14 Taiwan cities we price · lower = cheaper. Taipei's median entry ≈ $464 from 70 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 Taiwan page.
What treatment costs in Taipei
VerifiedThe cheapest published entries in this city — each links to its full city-level comparison with hospitals and sources.
| Procedure | From (local) | ≈ USD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gum Surgery Dental | NT$200 | $6 | up to NT$5,000 |
| Botox Anti-Aging & Wellness | NT$250 | $8 | up to NT$4,900 |
| Dental Fillings Dental | NT$600 | $19 | — |
| Tooth Extraction Dental | NT$670 | $21 | up to NT$10,000 |
| Dermal Fillers Anti-Aging & Wellness | NT$1,000 | $31 | — |
| TMJ Treatment Dental | NT$1,000 | $31 | — |
| Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Orthopedics | NT$1,000 | $31 | up to NT$8,000 |
| Specialist Consultation Multi-specialty | NT$1,500 | $46 | — |
Cheapest ≠ best — every row opens the full market for that procedure in Taipei. The complete menu lives on each procedure's page.
The consultation-fee market in Taipei
Imported26 specialist consultation fees on file — the entry ticket to every pathway. Median ≈ $8; 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.
What it costs to stay in Taipei
Sourced · Numbeo / IQAirRecovery means weeks in the city, not a day — so beyond the procedure, here's what living here costs and feels like. Public city data; each figure opens its source. Hotel star-rates and dining variety aren't sourced yet, so they're left out rather than estimated.
≈ $782
NT$25,283
per month · furnished rental (Airbnb-monthly runs higher)
Numbeo cost of living, Taipei · 2026
≈ $5
NT$150
one person · everyday local eating
Numbeo cost of living, Taipei · 2026
≈ $46
NT$1,500
three courses · patient + companion
Numbeo cost of living, Taipei · 2026
83.4 / 100
higher = safer · Numbeo Safety Index (crowdsourced)
Numbeo crime & safety, Taipei · 2026
25 AQI
live station reading, US EPA AQI scale (not an annual µg/m³ average) — matters for recovery
aqicn.org (World Air Quality Index project), Taipei · 2026
Rent and meals convert live at today's FX; safety and air quality are index/measurement values with their own scale. A treatment day's consult, hotel and transport sit in the hero basket above.
Getting around Taipei
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 — Taipei Veterans General Hospital (sourced)
- 石牌 0.8 km · ~10 min (≈, OSM)
- 明德 1.2 km · ~3 min (≈, OSM)
- 臺灣桃園國際機場 29.4 km · ~44 min (≈, OSM)
- 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.
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 Taiwan'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 38 Imported cheaper than 38% of cities · median entry vs 108 priced cities · 38th percentile
- Market breadth 23 Imported 70 procedures priced · share of the 303-procedure priced registry
- Provider competition 84 ✓ Verified 9 hospitals in the city · 9 sourced · hospitals reachable without changing city
- Consult access 49 Imported 26 fees on file · median ≈ $8 · specialist consultation fees priced in this city
- Provider trust 63 Our index 63/100 top · best provider's Trust Index in the city
- Local logistics 81 ✓ Verified 3 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 Taipei 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 Taipei?
70 procedures are priced in Taipei, starting from ≈ $6 with a median entry of ≈ $464. A specialist consultation runs ≈ $8 at the median, across 26 priced specialties.
How much do I need per day in Taipei 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 Taipei?
Published ranges here spread a median of 243% 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 Taipei, Taiwan?
9 hospitals and clinics are listed for Taipei, ranked by our transparent Trust Index (top score 63/100); 9 have fully sourced profiles. Every profile carries accreditations, reviews and published prices. Taipei is one of several cities in Taiwan — see the Taiwan page for the full market.
Data & sources
38% 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· 70 procedures ✓ Verified
- Consultation fees· 26 on file Imported
- Hospital directory· 9 in the city ✓ Verified
- Transit & access· 3 points at Taipei Veterans General Hospital ✓ Verified
- Hotel & transport estimates Modeled
- Price dispersion· median 243% Imported
- Doctor license registry Not yet collected
- Cost rank within Taiwan· 13 other Taiwan 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.