Longhua Hospital, Shanghai: prices and booking

Named specialists

Named in official, media or doctor-directory sources. We confirm who is available before booking.

Liu Jiaxiang 刘嘉湘
National Master of TCM; chief physician, lifetime professor
TCM oncology; 'strengthening body resistance' (fuzheng) approach to lung cancer
Availability: ask us
VIP clinic Wed morning, Xuhui campus (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Shi Qi 施杞
National Master of TCM; chief physician, lifetime professor
Orthopedics and traumatology; fourth-generation heir of Shanghai Shi-style traumatology
Availability: ask us
VIP clinic Thu morning, Xuhui campus (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Mo Wen 莫文
Chief physician, professor; head of orthopedics and traumatology
Degenerative spine and joint disease; integrated Chinese and Western treatment
Availability: ask us
Department head as of a 2021 hospital post; VIP clinic Tue morning, gaofang clinic Wed afternoon (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Pei Jian 裴建
Chief physician, professor; head of acupuncture
Acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation, facial palsy, Parkinson's, nerve pain and chronic pain
Availability: ask us
VIP clinic Mon morning; expert clinics Wed and Fri mornings (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026); visiting scholar at Ulm University, Germany, 2002–2006 (Haodf profile)
Sun Deli 孙德利
Chief physician (acupuncture)
Acupuncture for neck and lower back pain, arthritis, shoulder pain, migraine, facial palsy and dizziness
Availability: ask us
VIP clinics Tue and Sat afternoons (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Pan Yunhua 潘云华
Head of tuina (title not verified)
Pediatric tuina for diarrhea, poor appetite, cough, constipation and torticollis; period pain
Availability: ask us
VIP clinic Sat morning; expert clinics Tue and Thu afternoons (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Gu Yun 顾耘
Shanghai Famous TCM Doctor; chief physician, professor; head of internal medicine and geriatrics
Heart, brain and metabolic conditions, memory decline, menopause symptoms, insomnia and chronic fatigue
Availability: ask us
VIP clinics Tue morning and Fri afternoon, CNY 518 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)
Li Yongmei 李咏梅
Chief physician; head of dermatology
Integrated treatment of eczema, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, hair loss, melasma and vitiligo
Availability: ask us
VIP clinic Wed afternoon; expert clinic Fri morning (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)

What it is known for

JCI accreditation (Academic Medical Center)2018First TCM hospital accredited under JCI's academic medical center program, per the hospital's journal; current status not verified
Medical tourism pilot hospital2023The only TCM hospital among Shanghai's first 13 public pilot hospitals
National TCM clinical research base2008Among the first group designated by the national development commission and TCM administration
National TCM inheritance and innovation center2022
6 national clinical key specialties
Two National Masters of TCMLiu Jiaxiang and Shi Qi

AcupunctureOn the city's international patient specialty list; department head Pei Jian focuses on acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation, facial palsy, nerve pain and chronic pain. Expats tried acupuncture here on a 2025 city-organized visit.
Tuina (Chinese therapeutic massage)On the city's international patient specialty list; department head Pan Yunhua specializes in pediatric tuina (diarrhea, poor appetite, cough, torticollis) and period pain. Expats on the 2025 city-organized visit received tuina.
Orthopedics and traumatologyShanghai Shi-style traumatology (National Master Shi Qi); department head Prof. Mo Wen treats degenerative spine and joint disease.
OncologyIntegrative TCM cancer care; National Master Liu Jiaxiang's 'strengthening body resistance' approach to lung cancer.
Rehabilitation and painRehabilitation is on the international patient list; pain management is among the hospital's strengths.
Gaofang (herbal paste) clinicSeasonal winter clinic, Shanghai's oldest and largest; bookings open in late September, mainly via WeChat and online, and popular doctors fill quickly (hospital media page, 2026).
Dermatology, nephrology, anorectal, gynecology, rheumatology and immunologyAlso on the city's list of specialties open to international patients.

Founded in 1960 as one of China's four earliest TCM clinical bases; 1,750 beds and 5.36 million outpatient and emergency visits in 2025 (hospital figures).
The only TCM hospital among Shanghai's first 13 public hospitals piloting international medical tourism (2023).
A national TCM clinical research base since 2008 (for cancer and degenerative bone disease) and a national TCM inheritance and innovation center since 2022.
Six national clinical key specialties and two National Masters of TCM: Liu Jiaxiang (oncology) and Shi Qi (orthopedics and traumatology).
In 2018 it became the first TCM hospital accredited by JCI under its Academic Medical Center program (hospital journal).
Specialties open to international patients: acupuncture, tuina, rehabilitation, dermatology, nephrology, anorectal care, oncology, orthopedics and traumatology, gynecology, rheumatology and immunology.
Runs Shanghai's oldest and largest gaofang (winter herbal paste) clinic, with more than 200 senior doctors taking part (hospital-reported, 2026).
Home of Gu-style TCM surgery, a national intangible cultural heritage, known for medicated-thread drainage of complex anal fistulas (hospital-reported, 2026).

International department

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Department

International Medical Center (in the Famous Doctors' Clinic Center, Building 1)

Opening hours

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

8:00–11:00Mon–Sun , 15:00–17:00

1 language

English

Payment

Insurance direct billing

Direct billing with 22 insurers listed by the city health commission (2024-10); other payment options not published.

Campuses

International services are listed only at the Xuhui main campus (725 South Wanping Road). The hospital also has the Shangnan campus and the Hangtou campus (opened 2023), both in Pudong.

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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.

Book before you travel

Not confirmed

Not published for the international service. Email replies come within 2 working days (city list, 2024-10). Regular slots open up to 7 days (general), 14 days (expert) and 8 weeks (VIP) ahead and are released daily at 14:00 (hospital guide, 2023). Popular specialists can sell out on the first booking day, as with the 2026 gaofang season (S30).

Remote review of your records

Not confirmed

How to book

EmailPassportNot confirmed
lhyyzhyl@126.com: the city health commission's 2024-10 list says email booking is available, with a reply within 2 working days. This is the only channel the city names for the international service; the 2025-08 list gives no contact details.
PhonePassportNot confirmed
Switchboard +86 21 6438 5700. The city's German-language list (2024) gives this number for the hospital's Special Medical Center; no dedicated international line is published.
PhonePassportNot confirmed
Hospital booking lines (hospital guide, 2023): +86 21 9699 9176 (7:00-22:00; general clinics up to 7 days ahead, expert clinics up to 14 days, special-needs (VIP) clinics up to 8 weeks); +86 21 5530 4566 (7:00-21:00; general up to 7 days, expert up to 14 days); 021-114, then 'famous doctor navigation' (7:00-21:00; expert and VIP clinics up to 14 days). New slots are released daily at 14:00. Language of service not stated.
WeChatPassportNot confirmed
WeChat service account 龙华医院服务号 (Longhua Hospital service account): books general clinics up to 7 days ahead, expert and specialty clinics up to 14 days, VIP clinics up to 8 weeks, plus seasonal, multidisciplinary and famous-doctor clinics; slots released daily at 14:00. Also shows test reports online (hospital guide, 2023). Chinese interface; not stated to cover the international service.
AppPassportNot confirmed
Shanghai municipal booking platforms 申康医联 (Shenkang Yilian) and 健康云 (Health Cloud), listed by the hospital with the same booking windows as its WeChat account (hospital guide, 2023).

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 ward
Not published. The special-needs (VIP) ward's rooms have a sofa, fridge, microwave and private bathroom (hospital page, 2023); whether a family member may stay overnight is not stated.

After you leave

Follow-up onlineNot confirmed
Records after you leave
Test and exam reports can be viewed in the WeChat service account 龙华医院服务号 (hospital guide, 2023). Internet-hospital video follow-ups exist, but in 2020 free herbal-medicine delivery covered only Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. How to get record copies, imaging or English summaries from abroad is not published.

Restrictions at this hospital

Online (internet hospital) consultations: Follow-up visits only, for common and chronic conditions; first visits and unstable cases must be seen in person. Since May 2022 patients need a visit and prescription record at Longhua or another Shanghai medical institution in the past 6 months.

Insurance and direct billing

If your insurer is not listed, we prepare an English claim pack for reimbursement.

22

insurers named for direct billing

22 insurers listed by the Shanghai Health Commission (2024-10); the 2025-08 list gives no insurer details.

Ping An Health Insurance
China Pacific Insurance
AIA Life Insurance
Shanghai Fosun Health Technology
Generali China Life Insurance
Shanghai WellBe Insurance Brokers
Allianz Partners
British United Provident Association (Bupa)
Taikang Pension
Taikang Life Insurance
MSH CHINA Enterprise Services
Cignacmb Health
China Minsheng Bank
Shanghai China Health Connect
Global Benefits Group Insurance
MediLink-Global
Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service
E-Health Now
MediTrust Health
Prosper Health
DTHealth
WindStone Health

What patients from abroad should know

From patient reports, media and official pages. Both sides, so you can decide.

Works well 6

Expats on a 2025 city-organized visit tried acupuncture and tuina; an 11-year Shanghai resident called the care holistic, treating the whole body rather than one symptom.
A British patient with chronic lower back pain had a course of tuina, herbal fumigation, moxibustion and acupoint patches from the tuina team, after friends recommended the hospital (2026 media report).
A doctor with overseas practice experience told the city's English portal that staff try to explain TCM in terms foreign patients understand.
Email booking with a reply within two working days; open seven days a week (city list, 2024).
In 2026 the hospital was recruiting English-speaking clinical assistants for its International Medical Center.
VIP clinics also run at weekends, for example the tuina department head on Saturday mornings and an acupuncture specialist on Saturday afternoons (Haodf schedules, Oct 2026).

Watch out for 6

Short clinic windows (8:00–11:00 and 15:00–17:00) and no dedicated international phone line; only the switchboard and an email address are published (city list, 2024).
The 2025-08 city list shows English only; French and Japanese were listed in 2024.
The hospital's English web page has no information for international patients.
The hospital publishes no price list of its own; VIP consultation fees on booking platforms run from about CNY 110 to CNY 620 per visit, and international center fees are not published (Haodf listings, Oct 2026).
Popular doctors book out fast: on the first day of the 2026 gaofang season, slots with a few popular specialists were snapped up; booking is mainly through WeChat and online channels, with on-site booking still available (Xinmin Evening News, Sep 2026).
In the general outpatient acupuncture clinic, privacy is limited: small curtained cubicles and open chairs, with 10–12 patients treated at once by two doctors and interns (visiting practitioner's trip report, 2016).

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.

Unverified · 2026
≈ $23–37 per visit
CNY 166–266 per visit
VIP (special-needs) clinic consultation with chief physicians, where a fee is listed (most often CNY 166, 216 or 266 (≈ $23, $30 or $37)), booking-platform listings
Unverified · 2026
≈ $59–73 per visit
CNY 416–518 per visit
VIP clinic consultation with the most senior specialists (e.g. Shanghai Famous TCM Doctor Gu Yun CNY 518 (≈ $73)), booking-platform listings
Unverified · 2026
≈ $5.6 / $7 per visit
CNY 40 / CNY 50 per visit
Standard expert clinic (non-VIP): associate chief / chief physician, booking-platform listings
Official · 2024
Not published; quote on request (lhyyzhyl@126.com)
International consultation, acupuncture or tuina
Official · 2026
≈ $3.8–7.3 per visit
CNY 27–52 per visit
TCM outpatient consultation (pattern diagnosis): base CNY 27 (≈ $3.8), plus CNY 15 (≈ $2.1) for an associate chief or CNY 25 (≈ $3.5) for a chief physician (Shanghai public-hospital cap, tertiary hospitals; not VIP)
Official · 2025
≈ $7 per day
CNY 50 per day
Acupuncture, standard needling (Shanghai public-hospital cap; up to 10% more for an associate chief and 20% more for a chief physician)
Official · 2025
≈ $8.5 / $13 per day
CNY 60 / CNY 90 per day
Acupuncture with special needles / special needling techniques (Shanghai public-hospital caps)
Official · 2025
≈ $8.5 / $9.9 / $11 per session
CNY 60 / CNY 70 / CNY 80 per session
Tuina for neck or back / spine / lower back (Shanghai public-hospital caps)
Official · 2025
≈ $8.5 per side
CNY 60 per side
Tuina for shoulder (Shanghai public-hospital cap)
Official · 2025
≈ $3.7 / $4.2; cupping $2.8 per session
CNY 26 / CNY 30; cupping CNY 20 per session
Moxibustion, suspended / indirect; cupping (Shanghai public-hospital caps)

Getting there

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Address

Xuhui main campus: 2F, Building 1, No 725 South Wanping Road, Xuhui district (the city's 2025 list names the location as the Famous Doctors' Clinic Center, Building 1); Metro Lines 4 and 7

Show your driver

上海市徐汇区宛平南路725号 1号楼2楼

Sources

Researched on 28 September 2026; "Booking from abroad" checked 8 October 2026. Hospital details change; we confirm everything before booking.

Not yet verified

French and Japanese were listed as service languages in the city's 2024-10 list but not in the 2025-08 list, which shows English only.
The international service's official English and Chinese names are not published; 'International Medical Center' comes from a 2026 job posting and 'Famous Doctors' Clinic Center' is translated from the city's French-language 2025 list.
Hours, email and the 22-insurer list come from the 2024-10 city list; the 2025-08 list gives none of these.
JCI accreditation (2018) is reported by the hospital's own journal and the university site; whether it has been renewed is not verified.
'National medical center (TCM) candidate' is stated by the hospital; national reports name 14 TCM hospitals in the program without listing them.
The hospital publishes no prices for acupuncture, tuina or specialist visits; VIP fees come from Haodf listings (Oct 2026) and many VIP slots show no fee. City caps apply to standard public services; whether the International Medical Center charges cap prices for acupuncture and tuina is not published.
Which named doctors see patients through the International Medical Center is unknown; the schedules listed are for VIP (special-needs) clinics. Mo Wen's department role dates from 2021.
A vice chief physician quoted as 'Wang Xiao' in the 2025 English article could not be matched to a Chinese name, so is not listed as an expert.
Wikipedia says the hospital ranked first among China's top-grade TCM hospitals in 2012; the ranking's basis is not stated.
The hospital director said at a 2024 city medical tourism event that Longhua runs TCM centers in several countries; not re-checked.
Annual foreign patient numbers not found.
Pan Yunhua is listed as chief physician on Haodf's department page but as associate chief physician in her Haodf profile; title not verified.
Fudan 2024 rankings were not available; 2023 edition used.
Inbound booking: email booking exists (city list, 2024-10), but no source says whether patients outside China are accepted or can book before they arrive. The 2024 US-based anal fistula patient's booking route is not described.
No source says whether a passport can be used to register or book on any channel, including the WeChat service account, the city platforms (Shenkang Yilian, Health Cloud) or the phone lines.
The booking channels and windows come from a 2023 hospital image; they apply to regular, expert and VIP clinics, and the image does not mention the international service.
International-service consultation fees are not published; VIP and expert fees come from Haodf listings (Oct 2026), already in the existing profile.
Checkup packages exist (including VIP packages), but no prices are published; the checkup center pages date from 2009 and 2020.
No inpatient deposit amount was found for self-pay or insured patients.
No source says whether the hospital issues English itemized receipts or English medical reports, or how imaging is handed over (DICOM disc, cloud link or film).
No remote record review for new patients abroad was found; the internet hospital is follow-up only, and whether patients outside China can use it is not stated.
The city's 2025-08 list shows English only (French and Japanese were listed in 2024-10). Interpreter fees, visa invitation letters and family stays in the ward are not documented.
No source says which conditions international patients can be admitted for, so inpatient is 'unknown' for every condition.
Dialysis for short-stay international patients, ICL, IVF, dental care and parathyroid disease are not documented for international patients.
A hospital news page on its medical tourism pilot plaque (info/1021/74241.htm), which search results describe as mentioning a Shanghai International Acupuncture Medical Center serving patients from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, returned 404 on 2026-10-08 and could not be checked.
The station nearest the Xuhui campus is not named by the hospital; a city guide (SmartShanghai) says it is about 5 minutes from Dong'an Road station.
The Korean-born TCM physician's department, title and clinic times were not stated in the article, so she is not listed as an expert.

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