Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — India: What it costs and how long people wait
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- Package C: Laparoscopic gallbladder removal — ₹36,400 (2022): public PM-JAY treatment payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price. Separately listed implants are excluded. ≈ 382.53 USD (median of converted observations) · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-14 · 1 INR = 0.010509 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates) — HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied Source: India National Health Authority (PM-JAY) · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=3
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Official public tariff
Package C: Laparoscopic gallbladder removal
₹36,400 (2022): public PM-JAY treatment payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price. Separately listed implants are excluded. ≈ 382.53 USD (median of converted observations) · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-14 · 1 INR = 0.010509 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates)
Published range: 31,100–38,900 INR across 3 city-tier observations
Source: PM-JAY · Source period: 2022 · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=3 observationsWhat this figure covers
Scope: India. Payer context: Public tariff. HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied. Source code: SG039C. The displayed figure is the median of the eligible published tariff cells.
n=3 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.
≈ 382.53 USD (median of converted observations) · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-14 · 1 INR = 0.010509 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates)
Distribution across published observations, not patients: min 31,100 / p25 33,750 / median 36,400 / p75 37,650 / max 38,900 INR; n=3.
Audit trail (3)Official wait
No eligible waiting time in this subset.
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| Country | Summary and detail |
|---|---|
| Australia | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 12,659.56 AUD · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Brazil | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 992.45 BRL · 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 → |
| United Kingdom | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 2,785 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| Japan | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 215,000 JPY · 1 price series · n=1 observations |
| United States | Public payment tariffsPublic hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 6,176.47 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 560.25–776.57 USD · 1 price series · n=109 observations |
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- Flights: choose flexible tickets and ask your surgeon when it is safe to fly home.
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What price has been published? (SG039C; 2022)
₹36,400 (2022): public PM-JAY treatment payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price. Separately listed implants are excluded. ≈ 382.53 USD (median of converted observations) · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-14 · 1 INR = 0.010509 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates) Scope: HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=3. Source: https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3169779d3852b32ce8b1a1724dbf5217d/uploads/2024/06/20240619792610196.pdf.
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author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy — India: What it costs and how long people wait},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-14},
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note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-14. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
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- India National Health Authority (PM-JAY) — https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3169779d3852b32ce8b1a1724dbf5217d/uploads/2024/06/20240619792610196.pdf
Source periods: 2022. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.