VHIS Hong Kong
WHAT TREATMENT COSTS

What a gastroscopy with or without polypectomy costs in Hong Kong

12 private hospitals published what they billed for this procedure over the reporting period 01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025. The middle bill runs from HK$18,484 at the cheapest to HK$72,307 at the dearest, a difference of HK$53,823 for the same operation.

What each hospital billed

HospitalStayDoctorHospitalTotal, medianTotal, 90th
Evangel Hospital1.1 daysHK$11,450HK$7,034HK$18,484HK$24,261
Union Hospital1.6 daysHK$9,430HK$14,240HK$23,670HK$49,150
Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong1.0 dayHK$11,500HK$18,001HK$29,501HK$38,831
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)1.1 daysHK$11,400HK$20,823HK$32,223HK$45,868
St. Teresa's Hospital1.4 daysHK$18,100HK$16,354HK$34,454HK$48,750
CUHK Medical Centre1.1 daysHK$11,600HK$23,116HK$34,716HK$54,506
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital1.0 dayHK$12,480HK$23,897HK$36,377HK$52,150
St. Paul's Hospital1.0 dayHK$11,400HK$26,209HK$37,609HK$58,906
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital1.5 daysHK$14,000HK$23,969HK$37,969HK$71,738
Canossa Hospital (Caritas)1.1 daysHK$15,300HK$24,847HK$40,147HK$71,280
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs Road1.8 daysHK$14,600HK$26,958HK$41,558HK$61,840
Matilda International Hospital1.0 dayHK$28,141HK$44,166HK$72,307HK$73,399

The doctor column is the doctor's fee, the hospital column is the hospital's charge, and they are billed separately. Nine in ten bills came in at or under the 90th percentile figure. Standard ward.

What a plan would pay of it

Three real certified plans, as examples, applied to the same published bills. The first two are the same plan bought with and without a deductible, which is the choice that decides most of what you pay. The third is a Standard Plan, which caps what it pays per item instead of covering the core benefits in full.

FWD vPrime Signature Medical Plan, no deductible, Semi-private room, HK$16,665 a year for a 45 year old woman, non-smoker

HospitalBillPlan paysYou pay
Evangel HospitalHK$18,484HK$18,484HK$0
Union HospitalHK$23,670HK$23,670HK$0
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$29,501HK$29,501HK$0
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$32,223HK$32,223HK$0
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$34,454HK$34,454HK$0
CUHK Medical CentreHK$34,716HK$34,716HK$0
Hong Kong Sanatorium & HospitalHK$36,377HK$36,377HK$0
St. Paul's HospitalHK$37,609HK$37,609HK$0
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$37,969HK$37,969HK$0
Canossa Hospital (Caritas)HK$40,147HK$40,147HK$0
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$41,558HK$41,558HK$0
Matilda International HospitalHK$72,307HK$72,307HK$0

FWD vPrime Signature Medical Plan, a HK$250,000 deductible, Semi-private room, HK$3,235 a year for a 45 year old woman, non-smoker

HospitalBillPlan paysYou pay
Evangel HospitalHK$18,484HK$0HK$18,484
Union HospitalHK$23,670HK$0HK$23,670
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$29,501HK$0HK$29,501
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$32,223HK$0HK$32,223
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$34,454HK$0HK$34,454
CUHK Medical CentreHK$34,716HK$0HK$34,716
Hong Kong Sanatorium & HospitalHK$36,377HK$0HK$36,377
St. Paul's HospitalHK$37,609HK$0HK$37,609
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$37,969HK$0HK$37,969
Canossa Hospital (Caritas)HK$40,147HK$0HK$40,147
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$41,558HK$0HK$41,558
Matilda International HospitalHK$72,307HK$0HK$72,307

ZA Life ZA VHIS, no deductible, Standard ward, HK$3,165 a year for a 45 year old woman, non-smoker

HospitalBillPlan paysYou pay
Evangel HospitalHK$18,484HK$18,484HK$0
Union HospitalHK$23,670HK$23,670HK$0
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$29,501HK$29,501HK$0
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$32,223HK$29,650HK$2,573
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$34,454HK$34,454HK$0
CUHK Medical CentreHK$34,716HK$29,850HK$4,866
Hong Kong Sanatorium & HospitalHK$36,377HK$30,730HK$5,647
St. Paul's HospitalHK$37,609HK$29,650HK$7,959
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$37,969HK$36,500HK$1,469
Canossa Hospital (Caritas)HK$40,147HK$33,550HK$6,597
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$41,558HK$37,100HK$4,458
Matilda International HospitalHK$72,307HK$46,391HK$25,916

This plan states anaesthetist, theatre in words rather than a figure, so those items are left out of what the plan pays. The real figure is therefore no lower than the one shown.

How this is worked out

The bill is what the hospital published: no averaging across hospitals and no estimate. What a plan pays applies that plan's own filed limits to the two halves of the bill, a surgeon's fee being capped per surgery and room and board per day, then takes off any deductible. It is arithmetic on filed figures, not a quotation. A real claim depends on the case, on what the insurer accepts as eligible, and on the room you actually occupy.

Bills from the Pilot Programme for Enhancing Price Transparency for Private Hospitals, run by the Office for Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities. Plan limits from each plan's certified Benefit Schedule.

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Premiums are annual, in the plan currency, before the Insurance Authority levy, taken from the Standard Premium Schedules filed with the Health Bureau. Rate records come from every schedule archived on data.gov.hk since March 2021 and are a track record, not a forecast. Information only, not regulated advice.

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