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HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group): booking, waiting time and prices for international patients

Prices checked 27 October 2026 (Taipei time)

Short answer

HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) is a private hospital in Athens with a service for patients from abroad: international Patient Service: planning hospitalisation or visit, communication with care team, coordination with insurers or international organisations, information on accommodation and transport (patient guide page). Contact via the International Patients Department page; main phone 210 6867000. It says it is JCI accredited.

City
Athens, Greece (airport ATH)
Type
Private
Accreditation
JCI Gold Seal of Approval: initial accreditation 2009, re-accreditations 2013, 2016, 2019 (per HYGEIA's page; later years not stated) (its own claim), Central Labs certified to ISO 15189 by the Hellenic Accreditation System (ESYD) (its own claim)
Known for
Orthopaedics, Digestive, Check-ups, Imaging and Dental
Booking time
Not published
Languages
English (page)

How soon it can see you, against the wait at home

Each line is HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group)'s own words about time, sorted by what it measures. A hospital's booking time is a promise for its international service, not an official statistic; ask for a date in writing, and only then book flights.

HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) does not publish how soon it can book you.

Results and time on site

  • Check-up result time: “The Check-up results are available in 3 days, along with a medical report on the patient’s physical condition by a specialized internist.” Source
  • Check-up duration and result time: “Comprehensive check-ups are performed in the contemporary and updated facilities of the Check-Up Department within 3 hours.” Source
Official waits at home for treatments HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) offers
Treatment hereWait in UKWait in CanadaWait in Ireland
Colonoscopy30.9% waiting over 6 weeksNo figureAbout 30% waiting over 6 months
Gastroscopy29.9% waiting over 6 weeksNo figureNo figure
Knee replacement61.1% within 18 weeks (all orthopaedics)Median 146 days; 1 in 10 waited over 361 daysAbout 35% waiting over 6 months (all orthopaedic surgery)
Hip replacement61.1% within 18 weeks (all orthopaedics)Median 120 days; 1 in 10 waited over 321 daysAbout 35% waiting over 6 months (all orthopaedic surgery)
MRI scan22.0% waiting over 6 weeksMedian 59 days; 1 in 10 waited over 206 daysNo figure
CT scan11.2% waiting over 6 weeksMedian 14.7 days; 1 in 10 waited over 144 daysNo figure

What HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) is known for

  • Orthopaedics. MAKO robotic-arm-assisted total hip, partial knee and total knee replacement Source
  • Digestive. Endoscopy department: colonoscopy, gastroscopy, polypectomy, endoscopic submucosal dissection Source
  • Check-ups. First check-up department in Greece (provider claim); ~3 hours, results in 3 days Source
  • Imaging. CT coronary angiography and cardiac MRI Source
  • Dental. Dental Implants & Tissue Regeneration department Source

Size and track record, in its own words

  • Heading '50 Years HYGEIA'; Group is equipped with 4 CT scanners and 4 MRI scanners (one open) Source
  • Group equipped with 4 computed tomography scanners and 4 magnetic resonance scanners, one of which is open Source

How to book as a foreign patient

Contact the International Patients Department (page links to a contact form); check-ups are by appointment, also on Saturdays. No quote steps described. International patients page

Treatments and published prices

It offers health check-ups, colonoscopies, gastroscopies, knee replacements, hip replacements, MRI scans, CT scans and dental implants. Compare every provider in Greece: health check-up in Greece.

HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) does not publish prices on the pages we read. Ask for a written, itemised quote: what is included, the implant or lens brand, nights in hospital and follow-up.

Before you book. No prices on any of its pages; a 'Healthcare Programs' page lists 'Annual Outpatient Program' and 'Rheumatology Health' without prices. The MRI/CT page describes the Group's scanners, not a single-site MRI service, and gives no waiting time.

Other hospitals and clinics in Athens

Listing is not a recommendation: we chose providers with an international patient service and their own published information, and we have not inspected any of them. Read what governments advise about treatment abroad.

HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group): questions

How do I book HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) as a foreign patient?

Contact the International Patients Department (page links to a contact form); check-ups are by appointment, also on Saturdays. No quote steps described.

How long is the wait at HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group)?

HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) does not publish how soon it can book you. Ask the international office for a treatment date in writing before you book flights.

Is HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) accredited?

JCI Gold Seal of Approval: initial accreditation 2009, re-accreditations 2013, 2016, 2019 (per HYGEIA's page; later years not stated): the provider says so on its own site; we could not confirm it on the accreditor's list (since 2009). Central Labs certified to ISO 15189 by the Hellenic Accreditation System (ESYD): the provider says so on its own site; we could not confirm it on the accreditor's list.

What is HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) known for?

Orthopaedics: MAKO robotic-arm-assisted total hip, partial knee and total knee replacement Digestive: Endoscopy department: colonoscopy, gastroscopy, polypectomy, endoscopic submucosal dissection Check-ups: First check-up department in Greece (provider claim); ~3 hours, results in 3 days Imaging: CT coronary angiography and cardiac MRI Dental: Dental Implants & Tissue Regeneration department

Does HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group) publish prices?

Not on the pages we read. Ask for a written, itemised quote.

Sources

  1. International patients. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  2. How to book as an international patient. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  3. Accreditation. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  4. Accreditation. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  5. About the hospital. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  6. About the hospital. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  7. Centres and specialties. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  8. Centres and specialties. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  9. Centres and specialties. HYGEIA Hospital (Hellenic Healthcare Group). Read 27 October 2026.
  10. Euro foreign exchange reference rates. European Central Bank, 23 October 2026. Read 26 October 2026.