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ARS 1,601,681 (Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina), 2026-06-15/2026-07-14): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary.
Source: Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina) · Source period: 2026-06-15/2026-07-14 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observationsScope: Argentina (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires). Payer context: Public tariff. Phacoemulsification surgical module per eye; intraocular lens material not established. Source code: COFT.29.
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Historical official public-hospital reimbursement tariff for insured patients; the source states that financing entities pay, with no direct patient payment. Not a patient or medical-travel quotation. Literal ARS amounts only; no summation, multiplier or FX applied. Prostheses/orthoses and separately billed supplies are excluded unless expressly included. Ophthalmic billing is per eye; monofocal intraocular-lens material coverage is not verified. Colonoscopy excludes sedation and therapeutic codes. Cardiac surgery is the listed extracorporeal-circulation operative module; complete basket inclusions and follow-up are unverified.
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| Belgium | Public payment tariffsPublic doctor fee onlypublished amount: 482.21 EUR · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Canada | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Chile | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Czechia | Private published pricesComponent onlyfrom: 19,500 CZK · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Spain | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Finland | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| France | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 1,510.79 EUR · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| United Kingdom | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 755 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations Private published pricesScope not establishedguide price from (guide / approximate): 3,335 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| India | Private published pricesPublished package; check inclusionspublished lower bound (guide / approximate): 12,000 INR · 1 price series · n=1 observations Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 4,000–5,700 INR · 2 price series · n=6 observations |
| Italy | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Mexico | Private published pricesComponent onlyfrom: 15,300 MXN · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Norway | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| New Zealand | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Poland | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Portugal | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Sweden | Price: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources → |
| Thailand | Private published pricesPublished package; check inclusionspublished amount: 79,000 THB · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| United States | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 2,357.81 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 424.94–587.58 USD · 1 price series · n=109 observations |
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ARS 1,601,681 (Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina), 2026-06-15/2026-07-14): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Phacoemulsification surgical module per eye; intraocular lens material not established. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://documentosboletinoficial.buenosaires.gob.ar/publico/PE-RES-MSGC-MSGC-2445-26-ANX.pdf.
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