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Primary total hip replacement — Chile: What it costs and how long people wait

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Total (tariff) CLP 6,630,640 · beneficiary copay Tranche B CLP 808,500 / C CLP 1,078,000 / D CLP 1,617,000

Official public tariff

Beneficiary tranche B: Hip replacement for patients under 65; Beneficiary tranche C: Hip replacement for patients under 65; Beneficiary tranche D: Hip replacement for patients under 65

CLP 6,630,640 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date.

3 tariff codes at the same value

Source: FONASA · Source period: 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=3 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Payer context: Public tariff. Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Source code: 3301002.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

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What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Payer context: Public tariff. Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Source code: 3302002.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date.

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What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Payer context: Public tariff. Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Source code: 3303002.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date.

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Official wait

Historical data (2024) — not current wait313 days — median waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure

Source: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times) · Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Population: patients still on the public waiting list. Reported statistic: median waiting time. Shown as reported by the source.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

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Methodology and exclusions

Historical data (2024) — not current wait292 days — median waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure

Source: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times) · Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Population: patients who were treated. Reported statistic: median waiting time. Shown as reported by the source.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

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Historical data (2024) — not current wait607 days — average waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure

Source: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times) · Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Population: patients still on the public waiting list. Reported statistic: average waiting time. Shown as reported by the source.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

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Methodology and exclusions

Historical data (2024) — not current wait567 days — average waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure

Source: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times) · Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Chile. Population: patients who were treated. Reported statistic: average waiting time. Shown as reported by the source.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

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Price

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

6,630,640 CLP (same published tariff across 3 observations)USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date.What Chile’s public system (FONASA) sets for the surgical interventionTotal public surgical intervention tariff (same total across FONASA beneficiary tiers) · Schedule: 20263 tariff codes at the same published value; separate code breakdown in the complete table.Source: Chile FONASA (Official Tariff Schedule)
Wait
313 days (~10.3 months)Typical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2024 had been waiting less than this.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)
292 days (~9.6 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)
607 days (~19.9 months)Average time spent on the public waiting list so far (patients currently waiting)National average time that patients still waiting for surgery had spent on the public list as of 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)
567 days (~18.6 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

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Australia
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 24,031.35 AUD · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Belgium
Public payment tariffs

Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 848.14 EUR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Brazil
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 7,961.81 BRL · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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CanadaPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
DenmarkPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
SpainPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
FinlandPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
France
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 5,654.51 EUR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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United Kingdom
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 7,426 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Private published prices

Scope not establishedguide price from (guide / approximate): 16,761 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Official public wait: 6 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
India
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 90,000 INR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 46,300–76,400 INR · 3 price series · n=9 observations

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ItalyPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Japan
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 376,900 JPY · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Malaysia
Private published prices

Published package; check inclusionspublished amount: 32,000 MYR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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NorwayPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
New ZealandPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Poland
Private published prices

Published package; check inclusionsfrom: 27,900–29,900 PLN · 2 price series · n=2 observations

Official public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
PortugalPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
SwedenPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Thailand
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 420,000 THB · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Türkiye
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 6,000 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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United States
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 13,116.76 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 1,041.64–1,445.67 USD · 1 price series · n=109 observations

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What price has been published? (3301002; 2026)

CLP 6,630,640 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

What price has been published? (3302002; 2026)

CLP 6,630,640 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

What price has been published? (3303002; 2026)

CLP 6,630,640 (FONASA, 2026): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date. Scope: Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=1. Source: https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf.

What waiting time has been reported? (Chile; median waiting time; 2024; OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times))

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 313 days — median waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

What waiting time has been reported? (Chile; median waiting time; 2024; OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times))

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 292 days — median waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

What waiting time has been reported? (Chile; average waiting time; 2024; OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times))

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 607 days — average waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

What waiting time has been reported? (Chile; average waiting time; 2024; OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times))

Historical data (2024) — not current wait 567 days — average waiting time, patients who were treated. Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. Source period: 2024. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels. Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM.

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@misc{carefare_health_index__index_hip_replacement_chile,
  author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
  title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Primary total hip replacement — Chile: What it costs and how long people wait},
  publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
  version = {1},
  date = {2026-10-15},
  url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/hip-replacement/chile},
  urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
  note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
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  • OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times) — https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_PROC@DF_WAITING,1.1/PRT+ITA+NZL+CHL+FIN+SWE+DNK+NOR.WAIT_MEAN+WAIT_MEDIAN.D.CM131_138+CM8154+CM8151_8153+CM361+CM36_TRS+CM5123+CM530_531...........WTSP+WTPA...?startPeriod=2023&format=csvfilewithlabels
    Source periods: 2024. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.
  • Chile FONASA (Official Tariff Schedule) — https://www.diariooficial.interior.gob.cl/publicaciones/2026/03/14/44400/01/2782293.pdf
    Source periods: 2026. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.