Guide
What hospital care costs in Shanghai
Facts checked 9 October 2026. Sources at the end of the page.
The same care, two prices
Public test prices are Shanghai's standard prices for top-tier hospitals; international departments may charge more.
Specialist visit
Public hospital
CNY 300–800 ≈ $42–113
Renji VIP clinic · Hospital fee list, 2024
Private hospital
CNY 600–1,700 ≈ $85–239
United Family · Hospital price list, Nov 2025
CNY 700–1,200 ≈ $99–169
Jiahui · Hospital price list
MRI, one body part
Without contrast. The public figure is Shanghai's standard price; international departments may charge more.
Public hospital
CNY 430 ≈ $61
Public tertiary hospitals · Shanghai price list, 2025
Private hospital
CNY 3,000 ≈ $423
Jiahui · Hospital price list
CNY 5,100–6,800 ≈ $718–958
United Family · Hospital price list, Nov 2025
Full check-up
Packages differ: Ruijin's includes chest CT and heart ultrasound; United Family's includes a head MRI and lung CT.
Public hospital
CNY 4,622 ≈ $651
Ruijin international department · Hospital package, 2023
Private hospital
CNY 8,800 ≈ $1,240
United Family · Hospital package, 2021–22
Colonoscopy
Public: the procedure only, sedation charged separately. Jiahui: with sedation and biopsy.
Public hospital
CNY 430 ≈ $61
Public tertiary hospitals · Shanghai price list, 2026
Private hospital
CNY 5,000 ≈ $704
Jiahui · Hospital price list
Why one hospital has several prices
- Standard clinics charge Shanghai's set prices: an MRI of one body part is CNY 430 at a top-tier public hospital, a colonoscopy CNY 430 before sedation.
- VIP (special-needs) clinics and international departments set their own fees. Shanghai limits these self-priced services to 10% of each hospital's services.
- A visit fee covers the consultation only. Tests, scans and medicines are charged separately, usually paid before each one.
VIP and international clinic fees
Per visit, by hospital. Many come from booking platforms rather than the hospital, and are marked Unverified.
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $169
CNY 1,200
Huashan Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $45–84
CNY 318–598
Huashan Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $85–225
CNY 600–1,600
Ruijin Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Official · 2024
≈ $42–113
CNY 300–800
Renji Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $42–98
CNY 296–696
Eye & ENT Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $56
CNY 400
Ninth People's Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $85
CNY 600
Fudan Children's Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $18–74
CNY 126–526
Sixth People's Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $56–113
CNY 400–800
Zhongshan Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2025
≈ $113–169
CNY 800–1,200
Red House Hospital, international department, per visit
- Media report · 2026
≈ $68
CNY 480
Red House Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $28–84
CNY 198–598
Fudan Cancer Center, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $73
CNY 516
Xinhua Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $19–81
CNY 136–578
Xinhua Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $7–116
CNY 50–827
Huadong Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $17–79
CNY 119–558
Huadong Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $108
CNY 766
Shanghai Children's Medical Center, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $52–80
CNY 366–566
Shanghai Children's Medical Center, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $70–113
CNY 500–800
Shanghai General Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $11–113
CNY 76–800
Shanghai General Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2023-2024
≈ $113–141
CNY 800–1,000
International Peace Maternity Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Official · 2026
≈ $15–150
CNY 108–1,068
Shanghai Children's Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $28
CNY 200
Shanghai East Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $42
CNY 300
Shanghai East Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $23–73
CNY 166–518
Longhua Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
- Media report · 2026
≈ $70–282
CNY 500–2,000
Tenth People's Hospital, international department, per visit
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $24–282
CNY 169–2,000
Tenth People's Hospital, VIP clinic, per visit
What we charge
Paid to us; hospital fees are paid to the hospital directly.
- Consultation: Free. Where to go and what it costs.
- Booking and interpreter: $80. Per visit, up to half a day, with report translation.
- Treatment coordination: $280+. Multi-visit cases like implants.
Related
Sources
Prices change; we confirm yours in writing before you book.
- Renji VIP clinic: Hospital fee list, 2024, 2024
- United Family: Hospital price list, Nov 2025, 2025
- Jiahui: Hospital price list, undated
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Administration: MRI price list (沪医保价采发〔2025〕11号), in force from 30 April 2025
- Ruijin international department: Hospital package, 2023, 2023
- United Family: Hospital package, 2021–22, 2021
- Shanghai price list for endoscopy (沪医保价采发〔2025〕52号), in force from 30 June 2026
- Shanghai rules on hospital self-priced services (沪医保价采发〔2022〕30号), 28 June 2022
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