The local lens · United Arab Emirates
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
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 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.
- 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 indexNewsweek'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.
- 84 Grade
- 74 Grade
- 69 Grade
- 69 Grade
- 76 Grade
- 61 Grade
- 64 Grade
- 74 Grade
- 60 Grade
- 73 Grade
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- 60 Grade
- 61 Grade
- 58 Grade
- 72 Grade
- 79 Grade
- 70 Grade
- 69 Grade
- 68 Grade
- 67 Grade
Where Dubai ranks on cost in United Arab Emirates
Price axis · lower is cheaperHow 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
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
ImportedThe 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
Imported62 specialist consultation fees on file — the entry ticket to every pathway. Median ≈ $82; 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 Dubai
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.
≈ $2,290
AED 8,409
per month · furnished rental (Airbnb-monthly runs higher)
Numbeo cost of living, Dubai · 2026
≈ $1,460
AED 5,366
per month · the budget recovery-stay option
Numbeo cost of living, Dubai · 2026
≈ $13
AED 47
one person · everyday local eating
Numbeo cost of living, Dubai · 2026
≈ $82
AED 300
three courses · patient + companion
Numbeo cost of living, Dubai · 2026
83.8 / 100
higher = safer · crime index 16.2 · 1,155 contributors — the safest we track
Numbeo crime & safety, Dubai · 2026
33.5 µg/m³
annual average · 6.7× the WHO limit — desert dust drives it up
IQAir World Air Quality Report · 2024
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
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 — 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
- 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 ≈ $120 est.
- Airport transfermodeled estimate ≈ $50 est.
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.
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
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 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.
All 8 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more Hide
- 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.