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Updated 11 October 2026

Health checkup in Shanghai: public hospitals, prices and booking

Yes, a foreigner can get a full health checkup at a Shanghai public hospital, and we found nothing that limits it to residents. Three hospitals publish official package prices: Sixth People's Hospital and Zhongshan Hospital, through their health management centers, and Ruijin Hospital, through its international department. Their day and inpatient packages run from CNY 1,949 to CNY 13,465, apart from a multi-day package at Zhongshan's Sheshan campus. The hospital's own doctors explain your results. We book, send an interpreter with you, and translate the report into English.

Quick answers

  • Can a tourist book one? Yes, as far as our sources show. Ruijin's international department takes bookings from abroad.
  • Does it work in English? Ruijin's international department lists English, French, Japanese, Korean and Nepali. English service at the health management centers is not stated, so we send an interpreter.
  • What does it cost? Three hospitals publish prices (table below). The others quote on request, and we ask for you.
  • Who explains the results? The hospital's doctors. We translate. We never interpret results ourselves.

Tell us what you want checked and when you are in Shanghai. Before you decide anything, a coordinator sends you the hospital fee and our fee in writing. The consultation is free. Email contact@sanarouter.com

Not the visa or work-permit exam. This page is about a checkup you choose for yourself, not the "foreigner physical exam" for a work permit or residence permit. SanaRouter does not arrange that exam.

Hospital facts checked 8 October 2026; page updated 11 October 2026.

Where can a foreigner get a health checkup in Shanghai?

Ten of the 22 public hospitals we cover list a general adult checkup. Two more offer women's checks and three offer children's checks (see below). Of the ten, three publish prices; seven do not.

HospitalWhere the checkup is donePublished price
Sixth People's HospitalHealth Management Center, 14F, Outpatient Building 1, Xuhui (not the international center)Yes, official 2026 price sheet
Zhongshan HospitalHealth Management Center, Building 17, main campus; Sheshan campus for a 3-day inpatient package. The international center also lists checkups.Yes for the health management center; not for the international center
Ruijin HospitalInternational department: day checkup ward (Building 9, 10F) and inpatient checkup ward (Building 9, 11F), Huangpu campus; also a Jiading campus unitYes, official reference prices (2020–2025 pages)
Renji HospitalInternational Medical Service (personalized physical examination) or the Health Management Center, East campus, Building 15Not published
Shanghai East HospitalVIP Department (North and South campuses), or the Health Checkup Center's VIP areaNot published
Shanghai General HospitalInternational center (IMCC) lists VIP checkups; outpatient and inpatient packages appear only on a booking platform, so not confirmedOnly on a booking platform; not confirmed
Huadong HospitalInternational center (listed in the city's 2025 profile)Not published
Huashan HospitalInternational center (listed on an older hospital page, about 2014)Not published
Xinhua HospitalHospital checkup center; whether the international department arranges checkups is not statedNot published
Longhua HospitalHealth Checkup Center, with a traditional Chinese medicine body-constitution assessmentNot published

The cheaper published packages are sold by a hospital's general health management center, not its international department, and English service there is not stated. At Ruijin, the international department runs the checkup itself, with an escort and a specialist's review.

We did not find a general adult checkup at the Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan Cancer Center, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Eye Hospital, the Stomatological Hospital, Tenth People's Hospital or the International Peace Maternity Hospital. "Not found" means our sources do not show one. If you need one of these hospitals, we ask.

How much does a full body checkup cost in Shanghai?

Published official packages, by hospital:

HospitalPackagesPriceSource year
Sixth People's, Health Management CenterBasic, Preferred, Select, PremiumCNY 1,949 (men's Basic) to about CNY 7,288 (married women's Premium)2026
Zhongshan, Health Management CenterBasic, Select, Premium, for men and for womenAbout CNY 3,500 (men's Basic) to about CNY 12,000 (women's Premium); the final price is the day's bill2026
Zhongshan, Sheshan campus3-day, 2-night inpatient packageCNY 45,000–50,000 estimated total, "for reference only"2024
Ruijin, international departmentDay checkups, Jiading campus checkups, inpatient checkupsCNY 4,622 (men's day Basic) to CNY 13,465 (women's inpatient Supreme C)2020–2025

What a basic package covers, from the hospitals' own lists:

  • Sixth People's Basic: physical exam, blood count, urine, liver, kidney and lipid panels, fasting glucose, thyroid function, tumour markers, H. pylori breath test, ECG, chest CT, abdominal and thyroid ultrasound.
  • Zhongshan men's Basic: physical and specialist exams, blood and urine tests, low-dose chest CT, breath test, ECG, abdominal, prostate and thyroid ultrasound, and a doctor's report summary. The Select packages add sedated gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
  • Ruijin day Basic: blood, urine and stool tests, metabolic and thyroid panels, tumour markers, ultrasound, ECG, a heart ultrasound, and chest and upper-abdomen CT. On the inpatient packages, endoscopy, PET-CT and coronary CTA cost extra.

Women's versions cost more at all three hospitals; they add tests such as gynecological exams.

A note on Ruijin: these prices come from its 2020–2025 package pages and were not re-checked on the hospital's own site this round. We confirm the current price before you book.

Against a private hospital: on the site's sourced comparison, Ruijin's international department package was CNY 4,622 (2023) and United Family's full check-up was CNY 8,800 (2021–22). The packages differ: Ruijin's includes a chest CT and heart ultrasound, United Family's a head MRI and lung CT. Full comparison: What hospital care costs in Shanghai.

Can a tourist book a health screening in Shanghai with only a passport?

Yes, as far as our sources show. The harder part is the booking channel.

  • No residency rule found. Shanghai East Hospital's checkup center says it serves patients from China and abroad. Zhongshan's international center lists checkups for domestic and foreign patients.
  • Passport. Zhongshan's international center asks you to bring a passport or ID card. For Ruijin's international department, no booking channel states whether a passport is enough.
  • Apps and mini-programs. Many need a Chinese ID or +86 number.
  • Phone lines instead. Ruijin's international department books checkups by phone: day checkup +86 21 6437 0136, inpatient checkup +86 21 6466 3923, Jiading campus +86 21 6708 1625 (Monday to Friday). Zhongshan's Health Management Center books by WeChat or phone (+86 21 3103 3703 or 3103 3704). Renji's Health Management Center line is +86 21 6838 3558.
  • Short trips. Sixth People's reports are ready 10 working days after the checkup, for pickup on weekday afternoons. Shanghai First Maternity's women's check gives an English report within a week (below). For the other hospitals on this page, we did not find a report time. Ask before you fix your flight.

More on which hospitals confirm a passport, channel by channel: Booking a Shanghai hospital with a passport.

Who explains my medical checkup results, and will the report be in English?

The hospital's doctors explain results. Ruijin's international department gives a specialist's review and written feedback. Shanghai East Hospital's South campus VIP Department has a specialist review the report and follows up yearly. Zhongshan's basic package includes a doctor's report summary, and its Sheshan package includes one free multidisciplinary clinic within two months of the report.

An English report is not confirmed for Ruijin or for Zhongshan's checkups. Shanghai East Hospital's VIP Department says it does not translate written records or test results.

SanaRouter does not interpret results. China's patient-escort standard, GB/T 47801-2026, does not allow escorts to interpret test results. What we do: our interpreter translates what the doctor says, and we translate the written report into English. Report translation is included in our visit fee.

Can I do a few tests instead of a whole package?

Not confirmed at any hospital we cover. Hospitals publish packages, and Sixth People's also lists add-on tests. Whether a checkup center will sell single tests to a walk-in foreign client is not stated anywhere in our sources. Tell us the tests you want and we ask the hospital whether they can be booked alone, or whether a clinic visit with a doctor is the route.

Will my insurer pay for a checkup in Shanghai?

That depends on your policy, and we cannot promise it. Ruijin bills 19 listed insurers directly if you book ahead and register at its B1 insurance desk; whether your plan covers a checkup there is for your insurer to say. If you pay yourself, we translate the itemized receipt and the report so you can claim. We can ask your insurer whether it accepts translations. More on documents to collect: After a hospital visit in China.

What should I bring on checkup day?

  • Your passport, and the booking confirmation.
  • Fast as the hospital requires. Sixth People's, for example, registers checkups from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and asks you to come fasting.
  • Past reports and a list of your medicines. Zhongshan's international center asks for past records and test reports.
  • A way to pay. You pay the hospital directly, usually before each test. Zhongshan's international center accepts foreign cards, WeChat Pay and Alipay; other hospitals' payment options vary.
  • Ask how you will receive the report. Zhongshan mails checkup reports free within China and shows images online after real-name verification by face or bank card; whether a foreign passport passes that check is not confirmed.
  • Ask for the scans. Ruijin's and Sixth People's CT scans in packages are done without film. Whether you can take images home on disc or by link is not confirmed.
  • Ask for the itemized receipt before you leave.

Women's and children's checkups

What SanaRouter does for a checkup

  1. Free consultation: where to go, which package, and what it costs.
  2. Booking: we book through the hospital's international department or by phone, using your passport.
  3. On the day: an interpreter goes with you, for up to half a day. For a multi-day inpatient package, we confirm the arrangements with you in the consultation.
  4. Afterwards: we translate the report into English. The hospital's doctors explain it.

You pay the hospital directly. Our fee: see "What we charge" on What hospital care costs in Shanghai.

We are not a medical provider and do not give medical advice. In an emergency, call 120.

How we chose what to list

Every hospital on this page comes from our 22 public hospital profiles. A price appears only if the hospital published it on its own site. Prices that appear only on checkup booking platforms are left out: those platforms sell the packages, and one adds a 10% service fee, so we treat them as leads and confirm with the hospital. Where a source is old or could not be re-checked, we say so next to the fact.

To book a checkup, tell us the checkup you want and your dates in Shanghai. Before you decide anything, a coordinator sends you the hospital fee and our fee in writing. Email contact@sanarouter.com

Sources

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In an emergency, call 120. We book visits; we don't give medical advice.