
Shanghai Eye Hospital
上海市眼病防治中心(上海市眼科医院) · International Medical Center
Shanghai's only city-level public eye hospital, with an International Medical Center at its Hongqiao Road campus and direct billing with 20+ insurers; suited to cataract, retina, glaucoma, dry eye, refractive surgery and children's myopia care.
National standingNot in Fudan's national top 100 (2023)
AI-generated image, not the actual building
Named specialists
Named in official, media or doctor-directory sources. We confirm who is available before booking.
Xu Xun 许迅
Chief physician
Retinal disease (vitreoretinal)
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinic Tuesday afternoons at the Hongqiao Road campus (official schedule, October 2026); named as head of Shanghai General Hospital's ophthalmology center on an undated university page
Zou Haidong 邹海东
Professor, chief physician; party secretary and executive director of the center
Cataract; children's myopia prevention and eye public health
Availability: ask usNot on the October 2026 VIP clinic schedule
Wang Yulan 王于蓝
Chief physician
Cataract; head of the cataract specialty
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinics Monday mornings at Hongqiao Road and Friday mornings at Kangding Road (official schedule, October 2026)
Ge Ling 葛玲
Chief physician
Glaucoma
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinics Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons at Hongqiao Road (official schedule, October 2026)
Xu Wei 徐蔚
Chief physician
Children's myopia control; vision and learning difficulties
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinic Sunday mornings at Kangding Road; one Hongqiao Road VIP session on 21 October (official schedule, October 2026)
Wang Min 王敏
Associate chief physician
Refractive surgery (myopia and presbyopia surgery)
Sees international or VIP patientsPresbyopia-correction joint VIP clinic on Friday afternoons at Hongqiao Road, with Dr. Xiao Ming (official schedule, October 2026)
Zhu Jianfeng 朱剑锋
Chief physician
Children's myopia control; ortho-k, RGP and scleral lens fitting
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinics Saturday morning and afternoon at Kangding Road; RGP and scleral lens special fitting clinic on Wednesday afternoons in odd weeks (official schedule, October 2026)
Zhao Liquan 赵立全
Associate chief physician
Refractive surgery
Sees international or VIP patientsVIP clinic Friday mornings at Hongqiao Road (official schedule, October 2026)
What it is known for
- National key clinical specialty: optometry2026Approval announced by the hospital in July 2026
- Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Eye DiseasesThe hospital's clinical research center is a branch of the national center
- Member of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)Listed in the IAPB members directory; the hospital describes itself as China's only Group A council member
- CataractSpecialty led by Dr. Wang Yulan; precision cataract surgery, mostly as day surgery.
- Retina (fundus disease)Minimally invasive vitrectomy for retinal detachment and macular disease; laser and eye injections for diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and retinal vein occlusion.
- GlaucomaMedication, laser and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery; a joint glaucoma doctor and clinical pharmacist clinic.
- Refractive surgeryRefractive surgery center since 2010: SMILE, femto-LASIK, excimer laser and ICL; Zeiss VisuMax and IntraLase iFS 150 lasers. A presbyopia-correction joint VIP clinic runs on Friday afternoons at Hongqiao Road (official schedule, October 2026).
- Children's myopia, strabismus and amblyopiaOptometry center (national key clinical specialty); daily ortho-k and children's myopia clinics at both campuses, RGP and scleral lens special fitting, amblyopia treatment; runs the city-wide children's refraction records.
- Dry eye, cornea and tear ductOcular surface disease and dry eye clinics; minimally invasive tear duct laser.
- Integrated Chinese and Western eye careListed by the city as a featured service of the International Medical Center; includes acupuncture for dry eye and double vision.
- Adult glasses and low visionAdult glasses-fitting clinics run every day at both campuses; low-vision rehabilitation training on Friday afternoons at Hongqiao Road (official schedule, October 2026).
- Shanghai's only city-level public eye hospital (founded 1942), combining eye disease prevention and treatment; run under a 2012 management agreement with Shanghai General Hospital.
- International Medical Center (opened September 2022) gives priority registration, payment, tests and pharmacy, with a one-on-one escort for each patient.
- Direct billing with more than 20 insurers and medical-service partners.
- Optometry was approved as a national key clinical specialty (announced by the hospital, July 2026).
- About 99% of eye surgeries are done as day surgery, admitted and discharged within 24 hours (hospital-reported).
- Ophthalmology ranked No. 9 nationally in the 2023 STEM science and technology index (hospital-reported); it does not appear in Fudan's ophthalmology reputation ranking.
International department
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Department
International Medical Center
Opening hours
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
8:00–17:00Mon–Sat; weekdays , Saturday 8:00–11:30 (public holidays announced separately; phone line 24 hours)
2 languages
- English
- Japanese
Payment
- Insurance direct billing
Direct billing with more than 20 insurers and medical-service partners; other payment methods are not published.
Serving patients from abroad since
2022
Campuses
The International Medical Center is in Building 20 at the Hongqiao Road campus (Changning; Metro Line 10 Yili Road exit 3, Line 15 Hongbaoshi Road exit 2). The Kangding Road campus (Jing'an; Metro Line 7 Changping Road) runs regular and VIP clinics.
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 published. Staff reply to WeChat or email requests within 24 hours; the wait from request to consultation is not stated.
Remote review of your records
How to book
- PhonePassportYes
International Medical Center mobile line +86 186-0217-0757. The hospital's own articles (2023-02 to 2024-08) give hours of 8:00-17:00 (Mon-Sun in most articles, Mon-Fri in the 2023-10 FAQ); the city portal (2024-10) says 24 hours. Landline 021-6256-5188 (Mon-Fri 8:00-17:00, articles of 2023-07 and 2024-08); earlier articles gave 021-5286-1870.
- WeChatPassportYes
Hospital WeChat official account '上海市眼病防治中心' > 预约就诊 > 国际医疗中心; fill in personal details and staff call back within 24 hours.
- EmailPassportYes
pryluopeng@qq.com, listed by the city government portal (2024-10) with a reply within 24 hours; not listed in the hospital's own International Medical Center articles.
- PhonePassportYes
Through your own insurer's service line: holders of high-end medical insurance can ask the insurer to book the International Medical Center at the Hongqiao Road campus.
- WebsitePassportNot confirmed
Regular, expert and VIP clinics (not the International Medical Center): Shanghai hospital booking platform yuyue.shdc.org.cn, Suishenban app, or WeChat account '上海市级医院互联网总平台'; all visits are booked in advance under the patient's real name.
- AppPassportYes
Regular, expert and VIP clinics: app of the Shanghai municipal hospitals' Internet platform '上海市级医院互联网总平台' (run by the Shanghai Hospital Development Center; the hospital's appointment page lists the platform's WeChat account of the same name). The app's v2.5 release notes (2020-10-21) add real-name verification with a foreign passport. Not stated: whether an overseas phone number can register, and whether International Medical Center slots can be booked there.
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
All eye surgeries are day surgery, with about 4 hours in hospital on average and no overnight stay. Since 2026 the hospital offers trained caregivers from a third-party provider so patients can come without family (fee not published). Rules on family members staying in the ward are not published.
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.
23
insurers named for direct billing
The hospital reports direct-billing and referral agreements with more than 20 insurers and medical-service partners; the city health commission's 2024 list shows 23 insurer logos and indicates more.
- MSH CHINA Enterprise Services
- Ping An Health Insurance Company of China
- Shanghai WellBe Insurance Brokers
- China Pacific Insurance
- AIA Life Insurance
- Cignacmb Health
- MediLink-Global
- Generali China Life Insurance
- Dracaena Family Medical Office
- Taikang Pension
- Global Benefits Group Insurance
- Shanghai China Health Connect
- Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service
- Prosper Health
- Windstone Health
- ERGO Assistance (Euro-Center)
- ICBC-AXA Assurance
- British United Provident Association (Bupa)
- Fosun Health
- Saint Lucia Consulting
- Shanghai Shenjie Medical Service (SSC)
- DTHealth
- Allianz Partners
What patients from abroad should know
From patient reports, media and official pages. Both sides, so you can decide.
Works well 6
- International Medical Center has a 24-hour phone line and email booking with a reply within 24 hours, plus a one-on-one escort and priority for registration, payment, tests and medicines (Shanghai government portal, 2024; hospital website, 2026).
- Eye-only hospital with separate clinics for cataract, retina, glaucoma, dry eye, tear duct, refractive surgery and children's eyes; senior doctors' VIP clinics run seven days a week across the two campuses, including Saturday and Sunday mornings (official schedule, October 2026).
- Ortho-k, children's myopia and adult glasses-fitting clinics run every day at both campuses, with special sessions for RGP and scleral lenses and a presbyopia-correction joint clinic (official schedule, October 2026).
- Direct billing with a long list of international and Chinese insurers (Shanghai government portal, 2024).
- Recent reviews describe doctors taking time to explain: a retina doctor at Hongqiao Road used plain comparisons to explain a long eyeball and patiently answered an anxious patient's many questions (WeDoctor reviews, 2026).
- The hospital says it has treated patients from the US, the UK, Japan and Singapore (hospital-reported).
Watch out for 6
- Service languages are listed as English and Japanese only, and the hospital website and monthly clinic schedules are in Chinese only (Shanghai government portal, 2024; hospital website, 2026).
- Not in Fudan's ophthalmology reputation ranking; better-known eye departments in Shanghai are at the Eye & ENT Hospital (No. 3), Ninth People's Hospital (No. 6) and Shanghai General Hospital (No. 8).
- Easily confused with the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University on Fenyang Road, which is a different hospital.
- Not on the city health commission's August 2025 list of international hospitals (it is on the 2024 list).
- No published prices for International Medical Center services, and no public reviews from foreign patients found.
- Some VIP and joint clinics run only on set weeks or dates (for example a myopia-control joint clinic every other week, and one doctor's Hongqiao Road VIP session only on 21 October), so check the monthly schedule before booking (official schedule, October 2026).
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 (186-0217-0757)
International Medical Center consultation and VIP clinic fees
- Official · 2026
≈ $3.5 / $5.6 / $7 per visit
CNY 25 / 40 / 50 per visit
Outpatient consultation fee cap, tertiary public hospital: standard / associate chief physician / chief physician
- Official · 2026
≈ $0.8–6.3
CNY 6–45
Vision test CNY 6 (≈ $0.8); refraction (dilated or manifest) CNY 13 (≈ $1.8); eye pressure CNY 9 (≈ $1.3) per eye; visual field CNY 45 (≈ $6.3) per eye; axial length CNY 30 (≈ $4.2) per eye (Shanghai public-hospital caps)
- Official · 2026
≈ $27 per eye, max $134 per session
CNY 190 per eye, max CNY 950 per session
Eye OCT scan (Shanghai public-hospital cap)
- Official · 2026
About $594 per eye (surgery fees only)
About CNY 4217 per eye (surgery fees only)
Cataract surgery fees: lens removal CNY 2104 (≈ $296) + standard lens implantation CNY 2113 (≈ $298) per eye (second-eye implantation half price); excludes the lens itself (Shanghai public-hospital caps)
- Official · 2026
≈ $1,370 per eye
CNY 9700 per eye
SMILE surgery fee cap (excludes consumables and tests; not covered by basic insurance)
- Official · 2026
≈ $526–1,210 per eye
CNY 3733–8600 per eye
LASIK / femto-LASIK fee cap CNY 8600 (≈ $1,210) per eye; surface ablation CNY 3733 (≈ $526) per eye (not covered by basic insurance)
- Official · 2026
≈ $357 per eye
CNY 2535 per eye
ICL (phakic lens) implantation surgery fee cap, excludes the lens itself
Getting there
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Address
International Medical Center, Building 20, No 1440 Hongqiao Road, Changning district (Hongqiao Road campus); Kangding Road campus: No 380 Kangding Road, Jing'an district
Show your driver
上海市长宁区虹桥路1440号 虹桥路院区20号楼 国际医疗中心;康定路院区:上海市静安区康定路380号
Sources
Researched on 28 September 2026; "Booking from abroad" checked 8 October 2026. Hospital details change; we confirm everything before booking.
Not yet verified
- International Medical Center address: the city's 2024-10 page, its photo of Building 20 and the hospital's own site place it at the Hongqiao Road campus; a 2024-01 list and the IAPB directory give 380 Kangding Road. Confirm by phone before visiting.
- Direct-billing partners were read from logos on the city's 2024-10 image; the image ends with '...', so the list is incomplete. Full names of Dracaena Family Medical Office and Shanghai Shenjie Medical Service (SSC) are as shown on the logos; the Taikang tile shows both the Taikang group and Taikang Pension logos.
- The hospital was dropped from the city health commission's August 2025 list of 23 international hospitals; the government English portal still lists it. Whether the International Medical Center services are unchanged is not confirmed.
- Which doctors see patients at the International Medical Center is not published; VIP clinic doctors are listed from the general schedule.
- Fees at the International Medical Center and VIP clinics are not published; listed prices are Shanghai caps for public hospitals, not this hospital's own price list.
- Treated as a tertiary hospital for the fee cap because it appears on a 2024-01 list of Shanghai tertiary public hospitals; its formal grade was not checked.
- The national key clinical specialty for optometry is announced on the hospital's site (July 2026); the National Health Commission list and the full article (WeChat) could not be read.
- Dr. Zou Haidong's role differs by page: the doctor directory says center director and vice-president of Shanghai General Hospital; the leadership page says party secretary and executive director.
- Dr. Xu Xun's role at Shanghai General Hospital comes from an undated university page.
- Only English and Japanese are listed; whether English-speaking eye doctors are on duty is not confirmed.
- Beds, annual visits and foreign patient numbers of the International Medical Center not published.
- Payment methods other than direct billing (cards, Alipay, WeChat Pay) not published.
- Fudan 2024 rankings not available; 2023 edition used.
- Patient reviews found (WeDoctor) are from Chinese patients and mostly praise individual doctors; Dianping and Xiaohongshu required verification or login and were not used.
- Booking from abroad is marked 'yes' because every International Medical Center channel works remotely (email, WeChat form with callback, phone, insurer); no official page explicitly mentions patients outside China.
- International Medical Center phone hours conflict: the city portal (2024-10) says 24 hours; the hospital's own articles (2023-02 to 2024-08) say 8:00-17:00.
- The booking email pryluopeng@qq.com appears only on the city portal (2024-10), not in the hospital's own International Medical Center articles; it is a qq.com address, not a hospital domain.
- The International Medical Center landline changed between articles (021-5286-1870 in 2023-02 and 2023-10; 021-6256-5188 in 2023-07 and 2024-08); the current number is not confirmed.
- Passport acceptance is confirmed for International Medical Center registration (2023 visitor guide) and for real-name verification in the '上海市级医院互联网总平台' app (v2.5 release notes, 2020-10-21; S27). Whether the platform's WeChat account, yuyue.shdc.org.cn and Suishenban accept passports, and whether any of them can be registered with an overseas phone number, was not checked.
- Wait time from request to consultation is not published.
- No remote record review for new patients was found. The hospital's internet hospital page (S28) says it cannot see first-visit patients and only serves patients seen at the hospital within the past three months; whether returning patients abroad or with a passport can use it is not stated.
- International Medical Center registration and bed fees are not published; the 2024-08 article says other charges follow public price levels. VIP clinic fees are not published.
- Consultation fee caps (CNY 25/40/50) are Shanghai caps for tertiary public hospitals carried over from the existing price list, not this hospital's own fee list; the hospital's formal grade was not checked.
- No health-checkup packages are published; the hospital treats eyes only.
- Inpatient deposit amount is not published (2023 article confirms a deposit is paid on surgery day).
- Whether the hospital issues English itemized receipts or English medical reports is not published; the hospital says staff help self-pay patients prepare a full set of claim documents, language not stated.
- How imaging (OCT, fundus photos) can be taken home (disc, cloud link or print) is not published.
- Interpretation is described as provided by the International Medical Center (English and Japanese); whether it is free and whether interpreters are in-house staff is not stated.
- Whether the hospital issues visa invitation letters for medical treatment is not published.
- The caregiver service fee and rules on family staying in the ward are not published.
- Weekend clinics at the International Medical Center started as a trial on 17 August 2024; whether weekend hours continue in 2026 is not confirmed.
- The number of direct-billing partners differs: 30+ insurers (2024-08 article) versus 20+ on the hospital's department page (undated).
- Travel time from the airports is not published by the hospital.
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center (Shanghai Eye Hospital), Find a Hospital (Shanghai government English portal; source: Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health), including the direct-pay insurer logo image, 2024-10-12
- Shanghai government French portal: List of international hospitals in Shanghai (source: Shanghai Municipal Health Commission; this hospital not listed), 2025-08-13
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center official site: Departments, including the International Medical Center (founded September 2022, Hongqiao Road campus, direct billing), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Official site: About the hospital (history, leadership, honours), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Official site: Campus locations and metro access, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Official site: VIP, expert and special clinic schedule for both campuses (from 2026-10-01; read 2026-10-07), October 2026 schedule
- Official site: Doctor directory (titles and specialties; page 2 at ysjs.html?pageid=2), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Official site: Featured sub-specialties (retina, cataract, glaucoma, refractive surgery, optometry), Accessed 2026-10-07
- Official site: Media coverage list, including 'Optometry approved as national key clinical specialty', Item dated 2026-07-31
- Official site: Appointment channels, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine: Shanghai General Hospital ophthalmology center (Prof. Xu Xun; trusteeship of the Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center from 2012), Undated; accessed 2026-10-07
- IAPB members directory: Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Accessed 2026-10-07
- Fudan 2023 China Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking: Ophthalmology (East China list at region-specialty-reputation/year/2023/rid/1/sid/4), 2023 edition; accessed 2026-10-07
- Fudan 2023 China Hospital Overall Ranking (top 100), 2023 edition; accessed 2026-10-07
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on ophthalmic medical service prices (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 48), Issued 2025-12-31; effective 2026-06-30
- Shanghai Healthcare Security Bureau and Health Commission: Notice on outpatient consultation fees (Hu Yibao Jiacai Fa [2025] No. 43), Issued 2025-12-31; effective 2026-04-20
- Shanghai International Talent Network: List of Shanghai tertiary public hospitals for international insurance settlement (gives the Kangding Road address), 2024-01-22
- WeDoctor: Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Kangding Road campus page with patient reviews, Reviews dated 2026; accessed 2026-10-07
- WeDoctor: Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Hongqiao Road campus page with patient reviews, Reviews dated 2026-09; accessed 2026-10-07
- Hospital WeChat official account: International Medical Center opens appointments to the public (founded September 2022; Chinese, English and Japanese interpretation; direct billing with 20+ insurers; booking phone lines), 2023-02-24
- Hospital WeChat official account: International Medical Center visitor guide (booking channels, accepted ID including passport, key specialties, all doctors associate chief physician or above, English and Japanese interpretation), 2023-07-07
- Hospital WeChat official account: International Medical Center FAQ (booking with 24-hour callback, guarantee letters, pay-and-claim, insurance exclusions for refractive error, no Chinese basic medical insurance), 2023-10-20
- Hospital WeChat official account: International Medical Center weekend clinics on trial from 17 August 2024 (direct billing with 30+ insurers; fees other than registration and bed fees follow public price levels; help with claim documents for self-pay patients), 2024-08-09
- Hospital WeChat official account: Self-service admission by QR code and deposit payment at kiosks, 2023-02-11
- Hospital WeChat official account: Day ward explained (all eye surgeries done as day surgery), 2023-08-25
- Hospital WeChat official account: No-companion care service for surgery patients (third-party caregivers; average stay cut to about 4 hours), 2026-07-31
- Apple App Store (China): '上海市级医院互联网总平台' app by the Shanghai Hospital Development Center (platform for 37 municipal hospitals; v2.5 release notes add real-name verification with foreign passports), 2020-10-21 (v2.5 release notes); accessed 2026-10-08
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center official site: Internet hospital (licensed November 2020; no first-visit patients, only patients seen at the hospital within three months), Undated page (refers to the November 2020 licence); accessed 2026-10-08
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