The local lens · Thailand
Medical prices in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Median entry price
≈ $148
from ≈ $148
Cost rank
#3 of 6
cheapest in Thailand
Hospitals in the city
1 · 1 sourced
Procedures priced
1
A treatment day in Chiang Mai · the local basket
what a day here burns, besides the procedure
- Specialist consult
- —median · 0 priced
- Hotel night
- ≈ $60mid-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: Thailand →
In plain words · Chiang Mai is a priced care market in Thailand — 1 procedures, 0 consultation fees and 1 hospital you can reach without changing city. The country-level guide (visa, safety, system) lives on the Thailand page.
The #19 hospital in Thailand · Newsweek World's Best
#19 Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital 3.3★
Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital is a hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is ranked #19 in Thailand in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2026. It holds a Google rating of 3.3 from 681 reviews.
- Procedures priced
- 1
- in this city
- Median entry
- ≈ $148
- across procedures
- Healthcare grade
- AA
- sourced · national
- MLI local market
- 54/100
- our data · not a grade
- Hospitals
- 1
- 1 sourced
Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Our indexThe one hospital we list in Chiang Mai — placed in the wider Thailand market by Newsweek's national top 10 and our grade. Its row opens the full profile and prices; profile fully sourced. More choice sits in Thailand's bigger cities.
- 58 Grade
Where Chiang Mai ranks on cost in Thailand
Price axis · lower is cheaperHow cheap Chiang Mai is against the other cities we price in Thailand — our price data. Whether the care is good is a separate country-level rating, on the Thailand page.
How cheap · our prices · lower is cheaper · among Thailand cities
index 100 = median across the 6 Thailand cities we price · lower = cheaper. Chiang Mai's median entry ≈ $148 from 1 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 Thailand page.
What treatment costs in Chiang Mai
ImportedThe cheapest published entries in this city — each links to its full city-level comparison with hospitals and sources.
| Procedure | From (local) | ≈ USD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computed Tomography (CT) Scan Cancer Treatment (Oncology) | THB 4,990 | $148 | — |
Cheapest ≠ best — every row opens the full market for that procedure in Chiang Mai. The complete menu lives on each procedure's page.
Getting around Chiang Mai
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 — Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital (sourced)
- Chiang Mai International Airport 3.0 km · ~7 min (≈, OSM)
- Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) 3 km · ~4 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 ≈ $60 est.
- Airport transfermodeled estimate ≈ $50 est.
Verifying a doctor while here: The Medical Council of Thailand (TMC) · checkmd.tmc.or.th — public license search, English version available — details on the Thailand 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 Thailand's sourced AA grade (external world indices), shown in the badge and on the country page. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
local-market score
85% of the formula backed by data
Care quality: AA · sourced, national
- Price level 70 Imported cheaper than 70% of cities · median entry vs 108 priced cities · 70th percentile
- Market breadth 0 Imported 1 procedures priced · share of the 303-procedure priced registry
- Provider competition 76 ✓ Verified 1 hospital in the city · 1 sourced · hospitals reachable without changing city
- Consult access — Not sourced — · city-level consultation fees feed this
- Provider trust 62 Our index 62/100 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 Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai?
1 procedures are priced in Chiang Mai, starting from ≈ $148 with a median entry of ≈ $148. A specialist consultation runs ≈ — at the median, across 0 priced specialties.
How much do I need per day in Chiang Mai besides treatment?
Modeled estimates: a mid-range hotel near the hospitals ≈ $60/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 Chiang Mai?
Compare itemized quotes line by line — published ranges show how much room each market has.
Which hospitals are in Chiang Mai, Thailand?
1 hospital and clinic is listed for Chiang Mai; 1 has a fully sourced profile. Every profile carries accreditations, reviews and published prices. Chiang Mai is one of several cities in Thailand — see the Thailand 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· 1 procedures Imported
- Consultation fees· 0 on file Not yet collected
- Hospital directory· 1 in the city ✓ Verified
- Transit & access· 2 points at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital ✓ Verified
- Hotel & transport estimates Modeled
- Price dispersion Not yet collected
- Doctor license registry· The Medical Council of Thailand (TMC) ✓ Verified
- Cost rank within Thailand· 5 other Thailand 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.