
Huashan Hospital
复旦大学附属华山医院 · Huashan Worldwide Medical Center
Shanghai's oldest public-hospital international department (1989), with nationally top-ranked neurology, dermatology and infectious disease care and the city's largest direct-billing network.
National standingTop tier in China (Fudan 2023 grade A++++)
- No. 1 in ChinaDermatologyFudan 2023
- No. 1 in ChinaInfectious diseasesFudan 2023
- No. 2 in ChinaNeurosurgeryFudan 2023
National specialty ranks
National specialty ranks by the Fudan University Hospital Management Institute. Top 10 only.
- Dermatology#1#12023 edition#10
- Infectious diseases#1#12023 edition#10
- Neurosurgery#2#12023 edition#10
- Rehabilitation medicine#2#12023 edition#10
- Sports medicine#2#12023 edition#10
- Neurology#3#12023 edition#10
Named specialists
Named in official, media or doctor-directory sources. We confirm who is available before booking.
Gu Jingwen 顾静文
Chief physician; Director, Huashan Worldwide Medical Center
General practice and international care; founding chair of Shanghai's foreign-patient medicine society
Sees international or VIP patientsWu Wenyu 吴文育
Chief physician, professor; head of dermatology and the hair transplant center (Haodf profile)
Dermatology, including hair loss
Sees international or VIP patientsListed under the international center on Haodf, but no center sessions in the next four weeks; VIP professor clinic Thu morning at the Pudong campus, CNY 598 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Zheng Zhizhong 郑志忠
Chief physician, professor
Dermatology
Sees international or VIP patientsForeigner clinic at the international center (8F) Mon morning, CNY 1200; VIP clinic Tue afternoon at the Hongqiao campus, CNY 318 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Chen Xu 陈旭
Chief physician, professor
Obstetrics and gynecology
Availability: ask usListed under the international center on Haodf, but the current schedule shows only expert clinics at the Baoshan campus (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Lu Yanwen 卢燕雯
Chief physician; former deputy director of the international center
Internal medicine, kidney disease
Availability: ask usHaodf now lists her in general practice (expert clinic Tue afternoon, main campus) with no international-center sessions (Oct 2026); current center role not verified
Xu Feng 徐峰
Associate chief physician, associate professor
Dermatology, including hair loss (androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata clinics)
Sees international or VIP patientsInternational clinic Thu morning (8F, room 2) and international-center VIP clinic Fri afternoon (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Zhang Wenhong 张文宏
Chief physician, professor
Infectious diseases (department ranked No. 1 nationally)
Availability: ask usVIP clinic Mon morning, main campus, CNY 598 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Chen Shiyi 陈世益
Chief physician, professor
Sports medicine (department ranked No. 2 nationally)
Availability: ask usVIP clinic Wed afternoon, main campus, CNY 598 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
What it is known for
- Designated hospital for 10 consulatesIncluding the US, UK, Italy, Japan and Canada consulates in Shanghai
- Most foreign inpatients in ShanghaiOver 1 million visits at the international center since 1989, about half by overseas patients from 100+ countries
- Medical tourism pilot, first cohort2023One of Shanghai's first 13 public hospitals in the program
- Wrote Shanghai's standard for international care2024Local standard DB31/T 1487-2024
- General practice (international center)Center GPs assess, treat and follow up every international patient and call in specialists; the center also offers vaccinations and cross-border medical transfers.
- DermatologyNo. 1 nationally (Fudan 2023); dermatology professors hold foreigner-clinic and international sessions on the center's floor (Oct 2026 schedules).
- Infectious diseasesNo. 1 nationally (Fudan 2023); national medical center for infectious diseases; a senior professor runs a weekly VIP clinic (Oct 2026 schedule).
- NeurosurgeryNo. 2 nationally (Fudan 2023); national medical center for neurological diseases.
- NeurologyNo. 3 nationally (Fudan 2023).
- Sports medicine / Rehabilitation medicineBoth No. 2 nationally (Fudan 2023); both national key clinical specialties; sports medicine runs a weekly VIP clinic at the main campus.
- Hand surgeryNational key clinical specialty; its contralateral C7 nerve transfer work was published in NEJM.
- Ophthalmology / DentistryOffered at the international center, but not ranked in the Fudan 2023 lists.
- Oldest public international department (1989): a center GP manages each case, with specialist consultations as needed.
- Nationally top-ranked in neurosurgery, neurology, dermatology and infectious diseases; hosts national medical centers for neurology and infectious disease.
- Strong sports medicine, rehabilitation and hand surgery; sports medicine and rehabilitation both rank No. 2 nationally.
- New outpatient area (Nov 2024): 23 private consultation rooms with ultrasound, echocardiography, EMG/EEG, gynecology exams and rehab on the same floor, plus an insurance desk; the inpatient floor has 25 single rooms and VIP suites.
- Largest direct-billing network among Shanghai public hospitals: 30+ contracted insurers, nearly 100 in practice.
- Draws patients from abroad for China-developed contralateral C7 nerve transfer surgery, e.g. a 5-year-old German boy with one-sided paralysis (2024).
International department
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Department
Huashan Worldwide Medical Center
Opening hours
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
8:00–17:00Weekdays
5 languages
- English
- Japanese
- French
- German
- Korean
Payment
- Insurance direct billing
Direct billing with listed insurers on presenting your insurance details; whether foreign payment methods or currency are accepted is not confirmed.
Serving patients from abroad since
1989
Campuses
International center is only at the main campus in Jing'an (Building 1, 8F; inpatients in Building 6). Pudong (Jinqiao) campus has a foreigner clinic, but its English service and fees are unverified.
Booking from abroad
What official sources say, checked 8 October 2026. "Not confirmed" means we found no official answer yet; we ask the hospital for you.
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How to book
- EmailPassportNot confirmed
International Medical Center: hwmc@huashan.org.cn (listed in the city's international hospital directory)
- PhonePassportNot confirmed
International Medical Center: +86 21 6248 3986 or +86 21 5288 9998, weekdays 8:00–17:00 Beijing time
- WeChatPassportNot confirmed
Huashan outpatient WeChat service account (regular, expert and VIP clinics; real-name booking). The hospital's booking guide lists only Chinese ID or social-security cards as accepted ID.
- WebsitePassportNot confirmed
Shanghai municipal booking platform yuyue.shdc.org.cn, listed in the hospital's booking guide (regular and expert clinics, not the International Medical Center)
Documents for your insurer
- Overseas insurance
Direct billing
- Itemized receipt in EnglishNot confirmed
- Medical report in EnglishNot confirmed
- Scans to take homeNot confirmed
Help on site
- Interpreter
Hospital staff
- Invitation letter for your visaNot confirmed
- Family staying in the wardNot confirmed
After you leave
- Follow-up onlineNot confirmed
- Records after you leaveNot confirmed
Insurance and direct billing
If your insurer is not listed, we prepare an English claim pack for reimbursement.
31
insurers named for direct billing
Direct billing contracts with 30+ insurers and cashless arrangements with nearly 100; the city health commission lists 31 partners.
- MSH CHINA Enterprise Services
- Shanghai WellBe Insurance Brokers
- MediLink-Global
- Shanghai Shenjie Medical Service
- Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service
- Allianz Partners
- International SOS
- AXA Group
- Prestige International
- Euro Assistance
- Global Doctor Association
- Emergency Assistance Beijing
- Shanghai China Health Connect
- Ping An Health Insurance Company of China
- ERGO Assistance
- Cignacmb Health
- ICBC-AXA Assurance
- Generali China Life Insurance
- China Pacific Insurance
- Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service (FESCO)
- The Global Benefits Group Insurance
- AIA Life Insurance Company
- Taikang Pension
- DTHealth
- Houghton Street Consulting
- Saint Lucia Consulting
- Taikang Life Insurance
- Shanghai Fosun Health Technology
- Prosper Health
- WindStone Health
- PICC Health Insurance
What patients from abroad should know
From patient reports, media and official pages. Both sides, so you can decide.
Works well 6
- An Armenian patient living in Shanghai 16 years said doctors and nurses spoke English well enough that communication was no problem (Shanghai government portal, 2025).
- A center GP assesses, treats and follows up each international patient and brings in specialists as needed; inpatients are co-managed by the center and specialists (official site, 2026).
- Booking, consultation, ultrasound and other tests, and payment happen on one floor, with bilingual signs, a guide desk and an insurance desk (official site, 2024).
- Large direct-billing network: 30+ contracted insurers and nearly 100 in practice, so most international plans avoid paying cash (official site, 2026).
- Designated medical provider for 10 consulates in Shanghai, including the US, UK, Italy, Japan and Canada (official site, 2026).
- Some senior dermatologists hold dedicated foreigner-clinic sessions at the center, e.g. Monday mornings, bookable on Haodf (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026).
Watch out for 6
- Fees are not posted officially; a senior dermatologist's foreigner-clinic visit is listed at CNY 1200 on Haodf (2026), and media report single rooms at CNY 3000–5000 per day (39.net, 2026).
- Weekday-only hours (8:00–17:00), and the center's own website was unreachable from abroad, so booking is mostly by phone or email (city directory, 2024; site check, 2026).
- The German embassy's medical office rated English service "available but inconsistent" (2023); the city directory lists English as the only service language (2024).
- No pediatric service for children under 14, according to the German embassy's medical office (2023).
- For a complex multi-surgery case, the patient's insurer first questioned the treatment and paid only after overseas specialists reviewed the records (Xinmin Evening News, 2024).
- Ophthalmology and dentistry are not strengths; neither appears in the Fudan 2023 rankings.
Hospital prices
Hospital fees only, paid to the hospital in CNY. Dollars are approximate, at CNY 7.1 to $1. We send your all-in quote before booking.
- Official · 2026
Not published; quote on request
International center consultation fee (standard / expert / senior expert tiers)
- Media report · 2026
≈ $423–704 per day
CNY 3000–5000 per day
International center single room
- Unverified · About 2025 (not stated)
≈ $85–423 per visit
CNY 600–3000 per visit
Specialist consultation, self-pay (third-party agency site, unsourced, low reliability)
- Unverified · About 2025 (not stated)
≈ $169–901 per day
CNY 1200–6400 per day
Single room (third-party agency site, unsourced, low reliability)
- Unverified
≈ $70–282
CNY 500–2000
International department expert registration fee (Baidu Health explainer, unsourced, low reliability)
- Official · 2025
≈ $3.5; VIP registration a few hundred yuan
CNY 25; VIP registration a few hundred yuan
Reference: standard outpatient registration at Shanghai municipal public hospitals
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $169 per visit
CNY 1200 per visit
Foreigner clinic at the international center (8F), senior dermatology professor (Haodf booking listing)
- Unverified · 2026
≈ $45–84 per visit
CNY 318–598 per visit
VIP (special-needs) clinic, senior professors in infectious diseases, sports medicine, neurology and dermatology; general VIP clinic, not the international center (Haodf booking listings)
- Official · 2026
≈ $3.5 / $5.6 / $7 per visit
CNY 25 / 40 / 50 per visit
Shanghai public-hospital cap: outpatient consultation at a tertiary hospital, standard / associate chief / chief physician (standard rates; the international center may charge more)
- Official · 2026
≈ $13 / $27 / $61 / $54 / $61
CNY 90 / 189 / 430 / 380 / 430
Shanghai public-hospital caps for common tests: ultrasound per body part / CT plain scan per part / MRI plain scan per part / gastroscopy / colonoscopy (standard rates; CT and MRI caps from 2025)
Getting there
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Address
8F, Building 1, No 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Jing'an district, Shanghai
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上海市静安区乌鲁木齐中路12号 华山医院总院1号楼8楼 国际医疗中心
Sources
Researched on 28 September 2026; "Booking from abroad" checked 8 October 2026. Hospital details change; we confirm everything before booking.
Not yet verified
- Official consultation fee tiers and inpatient prices were not found; fees quoted here come from Haodf booking listings (CNY 1200 foreigner clinic; CNY 318–598 VIP clinics), not hospital price lists.
- Japanese, Cantonese and Shanghainese service claimed only by an old third-party list (2012); not confirmed officially.
- JCI accreditation mentioned only on an old hospital web page; current status unverified.
- Pudong campus foreigner clinic: English service, fees and direct billing unverified.
- 24-hour emergency service for foreigners mentioned only on old pages; current status unverified.
- Annual number of foreign patients not published; only cumulative totals and country counts.
- A third-party agency says foreigners can book via WeChat with a passport; the official page lists only Chinese IDs.
- Fudan 2024 rankings were not available; 2023 edition used.
- Current international clinic outpatient volume: about 40,000 visits per year officially; a 2024 media report said about 50,000.
- The German embassy's medical office (2023) says the center has no pediatric service for children under 14; not confirmed by the hospital.
- Haodf lists six doctors under the international center, but only two (Zheng Zhizhong, Xu Feng) had center sessions in the Oct 2026 schedule.
- Whether the international center charges tests at standard rates (city caps) or at VIP rates is not published.
- Booking from abroad: the center publishes email and phone contacts, and media report overseas patients traveling to Huashan for planned surgery, but no official page describes booking before arrival in China.
- Passport registration: the hospital's booking guide lists only Chinese ID or social-security cards; a patient-escort agency says passports work on the WeChat account. No official page states how the International Medical Center registers passport holders.
- Lead time from first contact to a consultation at the International Medical Center is not published. Regular clinics release expert slots 2 weeks ahead and standard or specialty slots 4 weeks ahead.
- No official remote record review or second-opinion service for patients abroad was found; Internet Hospital follow-ups require a Huashan visit in the past 3 months (2020 report), and eligibility for foreign passport holders is unknown.
- International Medical Center consultation fees are not published: CNY 1200 comes from a Haodf listing (2026) and CNY 600 from a 2013 newspaper report.
- Health checkups are listed as a center service on an older hospital page (about 2014), but no package prices are published; 2026 checkup-center prices seen only on a commercial booking platform were not used.
- Inpatient deposit amount is not published; the hospital's admission flowchart gives no figure.
- English itemized receipts, English medical reports and the imaging export format (DICOM disc or cloud link) are not documented on any official page found.
- Visa invitation letters, family members staying in the ward, and interpreter fees for languages other than English are not documented.
- The city directory lists 28 specialty departments in Huashan's international-services entry; whether every listed specialty admits international inpatients through the center is not stated.
- Huashan Hospital website: International Medical Center (current page), Undated; includes 2024-09 events; accessed 2026-09
- Huashan Hospital website: International Medical Center (old page, content to about 2014), About 2014
- Huashan Hospital website: About the hospital (including campuses), Undated; accessed 2026-09
- Huashan Hospital website: Outpatient floor directory (7F VIP clinic, 8F International Medical Center), Undated; accessed 2026-09
- Huashan Hospital website: Appointment booking guide, Undated; accessed 2026-09
- Huashan Hospital website: Getting to the hospital, Undated; accessed 2026-09
- Shanghai government English portal, Find a Hospital: Huashan Hospital (source: Shanghai Municipal Health Commission), 2024-10-14
- The Paper: Building Huashan Hospital's international medical brand (Gu Jingwen, Zhou Pu), 2024-10-03
- The Paper: Huashan International Medical Center opens new outpatient area, 2024-11-04
- Tencent News: Huashan International Medical Center wards reopen after renovation, 2025-01-20
- Huxiu (reprint of Xinmin Evening News): 22 Shanghai hospitals pilot international medical tourism, 2026-02-06
- Sohu: List of 13 Shanghai public hospitals piloting international medical tourism, 2023-11-19
- 39.net: CNY 1000 registration, surgery fees up 5x: the truth behind public hospitals opening international departments, 2026-03-03
- Haodf: Huashan Hospital International Medical Center department page (doctor list), Accessed 2026-09
- Fudan 2023 China Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking: Dermatology (hosted by cn-healthcare), Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Infectious diseases, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Neurosurgery, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Neurology, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 China Hospital Overall Ranking, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Rehabilitation medicine, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Sports medicine, Published 2024-11
- Shanghai: A city embracing international patients (foreign patient experiences), 2025-02-27
- Shanghai emerges as global medical tourism destination (quotes Gu Jingwen), 2024-09-26
- MedBridgeNZ (New Zealand medical agency): Huashan Hospital Shanghai, Undated
- Baidu Health: Can ordinary patients visit Huashan Hospital's international department?, Undated
- China International Import Expo: Medical information (Huashan International Medical Center contacts), Undated
- CMCS (Shanghai patient escort agency): How to Book an Appointment at Huashan Hospital, 2026-04-01
- Shanghai government English portal: Public vs private hospitals, tips and differences, 2025-08-19
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Ophthalmology, Published 2024-11
- Fudan 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking: Dentistry, Published 2024-11
- German Embassy Beijing, regional medical office: Medical facilities in Shanghai (Huashan International Medical Center entry), 2023-11
- Xinmin Evening News: Can Shanghai become an international medical tourism destination? (print page; Huashan foreign patient cases), 2024-12-12
- Haodf: Zheng Zhizhong clinic schedule (foreigner clinic at the international center, fee listed), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Xu Feng clinic schedule (international clinic sessions), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Wu Wenyu clinic schedule and fee notice, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Zhang Wenhong clinic schedule (VIP clinic fee listed), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Chen Shiyi clinic schedule (VIP clinic fee listed), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Chen Xu clinic schedule, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Lu Yanwen clinic schedule, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Haodf: Dong Qiang clinic schedule (VIP clinic fee listed), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on outpatient consultation fees (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 43), price table, Issued 2025-12-31; effective 2026-04-20
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on ultrasound exam prices (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 34), Issued 2025-11-28; effective 2026-01-23
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on radiology exam prices (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 11), Issued 2025-04-18; effective 2025-04-30
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on digestive system service prices, including endoscopy (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 52), Issued 2025-12-31; effective 2026-06-30
- Huashan Hospital website: reprint of Global Times article "Striving to get better" (foreigner registration fee, International Medical Center volumes), 2013-04-24
- China Daily government services site: Huashan Worldwide Medical Service (contacts, outpatient and inpatient floors), 2018-04-25
- Yicai: Flying to China for treatment (Huashan International Medical Center director on overseas patients' surgery and cancer care), 2026-01-14
- cn-healthcare: How Huashan Internet Hospital became Shanghai's busiest for online consultations (follow-up visit rules), 2020-12-22
- Shanghai government French portal: List of international hospitals in Shanghai (Huashan entry: languages and hours), 2025-08-13
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