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Medical prices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Median entry price

≈ $1,360

from ≈ $3

Cost rank

#4 of 5

cheapest in United Arab Emirates

Avg hospital rating

4.3★

Google · across 19 hospitals

Avg reviews / hospital

10,224

Google · across 18 hospitals

Hospitals in the city

19 · 19 sourced

Procedures priced

230

AA

Healthcare grade

sourced · United Arab Emirates

Local market 58/100 · how

A treatment day in Dubai · the local basket

what a day here burns, besides the procedure

Specialist consult
≈ $82median · 62 priced
Hotel night
≈ $120mid-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: United Arab Emirates →

In plain words · Dubai is a priced care market in United Arab Emirates — 230 procedures, 62 consultation fees and 19 hospitals you can reach without changing city. The country-level guide (visa, safety, system) lives on the United Arab Emirates page.

The #2 hospital in United Arab Emirates · Newsweek World's Best

#2 American Hospital Dubai AA 4.1★ JCI accredited

Opened in 1996, American Hospital Dubai was the first hospital in the Middle East to earn JCI accreditation and is the inaugural regional member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. A 254-bed private hospital in Oud Metha where all physicians are American Board Certified, it spans 40+ specialties with strengths in oncology, cardiology and robotic surgery.

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Procedures priced
230
in this city
Median entry
≈ $1,360
across procedures
Consult median
≈ $82
62 specialties
Healthcare grade
AA
sourced · national
MLI local market
58/100
our data · not a grade
Hospitals
19
19 sourced
Price spread
150%
median range width

Top hospitals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Our index

Newsweek's national top 10 first, then our grade — 19 hospitals inside one city is negotiating power: comparable quotes without changing your hotel. Every row opens the hospital's full profile and prices. 19 fully sourced.

Median price spread 150% between published low and high across 224 priced procedures — wide ranges mean quotes are case-dependent and worth comparing.

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Where Dubai ranks on cost in United Arab Emirates

Price axis · lower is cheaper

How cheap Dubai is against the other cities we price in United Arab Emirates — our price data. Whether the care is good is a separate country-level rating, on the United Arab Emirates page.

How cheap · our prices · lower is cheaper · among United Arab Emirates cities

#4 of 5 cities we price in United Arab Emirates — the #4 cheapest in United Arab Emirates by median listed price index 333
cheapest in United Arab Emiratesmost expensive

index 100 = median across the 5 United Arab Emirates cities we price · lower = cheaper. Dubai's median entry ≈ $1,360 from 230 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 United Arab Emirates page.

What treatment costs in Dubai

Imported

The cheapest published entries in this city — each links to its full city-level comparison with hospitals and sources.

Procedure From (local) ≈ USD Range
Hair Transplant Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery AED 10 $3 up to AED 20
X-Ray Imaging Cancer Treatment (Oncology) AED 100 $27 up to AED 600
Refraction Test Eye Care (Ophthalmology) AED 100 $27 up to AED 180
Pediatric Eye Exam Eye Care (Ophthalmology) AED 100 $27 up to AED 500
Electrocardiogram (ECG) Cardiology & Heart Surgery AED 150 $41 up to AED 300
Cryotherapy Anti-Aging & Wellness AED 150 $41 up to AED 600
IV Drip Therapy Anti-Aging & Wellness AED 200 $54 up to AED 1,200
LED Light Therapy Anti-Aging & Wellness AED 200 $54 up to AED 800

Cheapest ≠ best — every row opens the full market for that procedure in Dubai. The complete menu lives on each procedure's page.

The consultation-fee market in Dubai

Imported

62 specialist consultation fees on file — the entry ticket to every pathway. Median ≈ $82; each links to that specialty's full price page.

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 Dubai

Sourced · Numbeo / IQAir

Recovery 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.

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 Dubai

Sourced

The 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 — American Hospital Dubai (sourced)

  • Dubai Metro — Oud Metha (Green Line) 800 m · ~3 min by car
  • Dubai Int'l Airport (DXB) 6 km · ~12 min by car

Verifying a doctor while here: Three emirate-level regulators licence physicians — Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in Dubai, the Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi, and the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) for the northern emirates. A licence from one authority does not carry to another emirate. · DHA 'Sheryan' portal (services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan) — public 'Verify Professional License/Registration Status' search by name, licence number or specialisation, returning full name, specialisation, licence type (Consultant/Specialist/GP), status (Active/Suspended/Revoked) and registered facility; Abu Dhabi uses the DoH portal (doh.gov.ae via the TAMM platform), northern emirates use MOHAP (mohap.gov.ae) — details on the United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates's sourced AA grade (external world indices), shown in the badge and on the country page. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.

58/100

local-market score

100% of the formula backed by data

Care quality: AA · sourced, national

  • Price level 9 Imported cheaper than 9% of cities · median entry vs 108 priced cities · 9th percentile
  • Market breadth 76 Imported 230 procedures priced · share of the 303-procedure priced registry
  • Provider competition 94 ✓ Verified 19 hospitals in the city · 19 sourced · hospitals reachable without changing city
  • Consult access 61 Imported 62 fees on file · median ≈ $82 · 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 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 Dubai by condition or specialist

Directory

Start from your diagnosis or the doctor type you need — both priced for this city.

Dots carry the lens colors — red opens a condition's care market, teal a specialist's price page.

Common questions

Sourced + modeled

Short answers built from the numbers on this page — costs, fees, hospitals and daily budget.

What does treatment cost in Dubai?

230 procedures are priced in Dubai, starting from ≈ $3 with a median entry of ≈ $1,360. A specialist consultation runs ≈ $82 at the median, across 62 priced specialties.

How much do I need per day in Dubai besides treatment?

Modeled estimates: a mid-range hotel near the hospitals ≈ $120/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 Dubai?

Published ranges here spread a median of 150% 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 Dubai, United Arab Emirates?

19 hospitals and clinics are listed for Dubai, ranked by our transparent Trust Index (top score 64/100); 19 have fully sourced profiles. Every profile carries accreditations, reviews and published prices. Dubai is one of several cities in United Arab Emirates — see the United Arab Emirates 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.

75%
data confidence · High
Verified facts50%
Page filled100%
All 8 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more
  • Procedure prices· 230 procedures ✓ Verified
  • Consultation fees· 62 on file Imported
  • Hospital directory· 19 in the city ✓ Verified
  • Transit & access· 2 points at American Hospital Dubai ✓ Verified
  • Hotel & transport estimates Modeled
  • Price dispersion· median 150% Imported
  • Doctor license registry· Three emirate-level regulators licence physicians — Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in Dubai, the Department of Health (DoH) in Abu Dhabi, and the federal Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) for the northern emirates. A licence from one authority does not carry to another emirate. ✓ Verified
  • Cost rank within United Arab Emirates· 4 other United Arab Emirates 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.