Diagnostic colonoscopy — Argentina: What it costs and how long people wait
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- ARS 377,027 (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. — Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; Diagnostic lower videoendoscopy (colonoscopy) procedure without sedation; therapeutic procedures excluded Source: Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina) · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1
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ARS 377,027 (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 observationsWhat this figure covers
Scope: Argentina (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires). Payer context: Public tariff. Diagnostic lower videoendoscopy (colonoscopy) procedure without sedation; therapeutic procedures excluded. Source code: GAS.15.
n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.
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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| Country | Summary and detail |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 573 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations Private published pricesScope not establishedguide price from (guide / approximate): 2,660 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Thailand | Private published pricesComponent onlypublished amount: 30,000 THB · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| United States | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 950.1 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 151.71–214.53 USD · 1 price series · n=109 observations Private published pricesPublished package; check inclusionspublished amount: 1,275 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations Published package; check inclusionspublished guide / approximate amount: 1,936 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
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ARS 377,027 (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: Diagnostic lower videoendoscopy (colonoscopy) procedure without sedation; therapeutic procedures excluded. 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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title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Diagnostic colonoscopy — Argentina: What it costs and how long people wait},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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- Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina) — https://documentosboletinoficial.buenosaires.gob.ar/publico/PE-RES-MSGC-MSGC-2445-26-ANX.pdf
Source periods: 2026-06-15/2026-07-14. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.