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WHAT TREATMENT COSTS

What a phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation costs in Hong Kong

8 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$33,900 at the cheapest to HK$107,493 at the dearest, a difference of HK$73,593 for the same operation.

What each hospital billed

HospitalStayDoctorHospitalTotal, medianTotal, 90th
Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong1.1 daysHK$18,000HK$15,900HK$33,900HK$44,070
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs Road1.1 daysHK$22,679HK$22,676HK$45,355HK$63,335
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)1.2 daysHK$26,500HK$21,680HK$48,180HK$48,180
CUHK Medical Centre1.0 dayHK$30,650HK$22,583HK$53,233HK$77,879
St. Teresa's Hospital1.2 daysHK$38,633HK$15,135HK$53,768HK$69,848
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital1.2 daysHK$34,400HK$28,035HK$62,435HK$83,681
Evangel Hospital1.3 daysHK$69,666HK$33,278HK$102,944HK$119,523
St. Paul's Hospital1.0 dayHK$72,000HK$35,493HK$107,493HK$208,201

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
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$33,900HK$33,900HK$0
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$45,355HK$45,355HK$0
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$48,180HK$48,180HK$0
CUHK Medical CentreHK$53,233HK$53,233HK$0
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$53,768HK$53,768HK$0
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$62,435HK$62,435HK$0
Evangel HospitalHK$102,944HK$102,944HK$0
St. Paul's HospitalHK$107,493HK$107,493HK$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
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$33,900HK$0HK$33,900
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$45,355HK$0HK$45,355
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$48,180HK$0HK$48,180
CUHK Medical CentreHK$53,233HK$0HK$53,233
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$53,768HK$0HK$53,768
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$62,435HK$0HK$62,435
Evangel HospitalHK$102,944HK$0HK$102,944
St. Paul's HospitalHK$107,493HK$0HK$107,493

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

HospitalBillPlan paysYou pay
Gleneagles Hospital Hong KongHK$33,900HK$33,900HK$0
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Stubbs RoadHK$45,355HK$40,929HK$4,426
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)HK$48,180HK$44,750HK$3,430
CUHK Medical CentreHK$53,233HK$48,900HK$4,333
St. Teresa's HospitalHK$53,768HK$53,768HK$0
Hong Kong Baptist HospitalHK$62,435HK$52,650HK$9,785
Evangel HospitalHK$102,944HK$73,300HK$29,644
St. Paul's HospitalHK$107,493HK$73,300HK$34,193

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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