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CT scan in China: what it costs and how it compares with waiting at home

Prices checked 27 October 2026 (Taipei time)

Published CT scan prices in China

Every row is a price the provider publishes itself, read on the date shown. We copy what the price includes and what it leaves out; where the provider does not say, the row says “not stated”. We do not use prices from brokers or medical-travel agencies.

Prices are copied as published, in the provider's currency. Conversions use the European Central Bank reference rates of 23 October 2026 and are rounded. A provider can change a price at any time: ask for a written quote.

Hospitals in China that offer a CT scan to international patients

Each runs its own service for patients from abroad. The booking time on each card is the hospital's own words; where it publishes none, ask for a date in writing before you book flights.

Compared with waiting or paying at home

The official waiting figure and the self-pay price in each home country, next to the China price converted to that currency. The China figure does not include flights, a hotel or time off work.

Waits are the latest official statistics; each country measures them differently, so read the label. Home prices are published self-pay prices; for the US they are 2021 hospital medians or a dental school's estimate.

How it works for a visitor

1. Ask for a written quoteSend the clinic your referral or reason for the CT scan and ask for an itemised price, the date, and what happens if the result needs follow-up.
2. Before you goTake your referral letter, or the question your doctor wants the scan to answer.
3. Before you goTell the clinic in advance about kidney problems, diabetes medicines or an allergy to contrast dye.
4. LanguageMandarin; English is reliable only in international departments and private hospitals.
5. Entry rulesCheck the official advice for your passport before booking: UK citizens (FCDO entry requirements), Canadian citizens (travel.gc.ca), US citizens (State Department, choose the country), Irish citizens (DFA travel advice, choose the country).
6. After you returnGive your doctor the report and the DICOM images.
7. After you returnIf the scan finds something, the follow-up normally happens at home.

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When not to travel for a CT scan

• Emergencies such as chest pain, a suspected stroke or a serious injury. Go to an emergency department.
• Pregnancy, unless a doctor has decided the scan is needed.
• Scans no doctor has asked for: repeated CT adds radiation and finds harmless things that then need follow-up.

How to compare CT scan quotes

A CT (computed tomography) scanner takes X-ray images from many angles and builds cross-sections of the body. The scan itself takes a few minutes and is good for the chest, abdomen, bones and blood vessels. It uses more radiation than an ordinary X-ray, so it should answer a clear medical question.

• Check the body area and whether contrast dye is included. A contrast scan needs an injection and often a recent kidney blood test.
• Ask whether a radiologist’s written report is included, in which language, and how fast.
• Ask for the images in DICOM format so a doctor at home can look at them, not just the report.
• A low-dose chest CT for lung screening is a different test from a diagnostic chest CT. Compare like with like.

Providers on this page

We list providers because they publish a price, not because we recommend them. No clinic pays to be listed, and we have not visited any of them.

• Jiahui International Hospital, Shanghai: CN¥1,800

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