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Health check-up · Mexico

Health check-up in Mexico: what it costs and how it compares with waiting at home

Prices checked 27 October 2026 (Taipei time)

Short answer

We found 4 published prices for a health check-up in Mexico, from 1,549 MXN to 1,999 MXN, or about £62 to £80 before flights and a hotel. Paying privately in the UK costs about £385 to £1,120 at the providers we checked.

Published price
1,549 MXN to 1,999 MXNabout £62 to £80 · about €74 to €95 · about C$115 to C$149 · about $82 to $106
Price is for
one package for one person; contents differ widely, so each row says what it includes
Where
Monterrey
Providers
1 (CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey))
Soonest booking
Not published: ask in writing
NHS England wait
No NHS figure for this

Published health check-up prices in Mexico

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.

Health check-up prices in Mexico
ProviderPublished priceWhat the price is forSource
CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)MonterreyFrom 1,549 MXNabout £62 · €74 · C$115 · $82Check up Hombre (men), 'Desde $1549' on the home-page #YoMeCheckUp bannerContents not shown on the home page; page text: 'Precios exclusivos en tienda en línea. Válido en unidades participantes. No acumulable con otras promociones o convenios. Vigencia y precio sujetos a cambio sin previo aviso.' Online-shop promotion on the home page, printed with '$' (Mexican pesos); package contents not listed there.CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)read 27 October 2026
CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)MonterreyFrom 1,919 MXNabout £76 · €91 · C$143 · $102Check up Mujer (women), 'Desde $1919'Contents not shown; same terms Online-shop promotion on the home page, printed with '$' (Mexican pesos); package contents not listed there.CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)read 27 October 2026
CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)MonterreyFrom 1,703 MXNabout £68 · €81 · C$127 · $91Check up Básico, 'Desde $1703'Contents not shown; same terms Online-shop promotion on the home page, printed with '$' (Mexican pesos); package contents not listed there.CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)read 27 October 2026
CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)MonterreyFrom 1,999 MXNabout £80 · €95 · C$149 · $106Check up Fitness, 'Desde $1999'Contents not shown; same terms Online-shop promotion on the home page, printed with '$' (Mexican pesos); package contents not listed there.CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey)read 27 October 2026

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.

Tijuana and Los Algodones sit on the US border, and the clinics here quote in US dollars. Hospital MAC's list is a general public price list valid to 31 December 2026; the dental and eye clinics do not date their pages.

Hospitals in Mexico that offer a health check-up 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.

Hospital Galenia

Cancun · PrivateJCI

  • Cancer care
  • Neurology
  • Heart
  • Check-ups

No booking time published: ask in writing

Estimated prices for 2 treatmentsDetails

Compared with waiting or paying at home

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

Waiting times and self-pay prices at home for health check-up
Where you liveOfficial waitPay at homeHere, converted
UKNo official figure found£385 to £1,120£62 to £80before flights and hotel
CanadaNo official figure foundNot verifiedC$115 to C$149before flights and hotel
IrelandNo official figure foundNot verified€74 to €95before flights and hotel
USNo national figureNot verified$82 to $106before flights and hotel

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.

Compare with your wait and price at home

Pick where you live to see the Mexico price and how soon hospitals say they can see you, next to your wait and your price at home.

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How it works for a visitor

  1. Ask for a written quoteSend the clinic your referral or reason for the health check-up and ask for an itemised price, the date, and what happens if the result needs follow-up.
  2. Before you goMost packages need you to fast from the night before. Book a morning slot.
  3. Before you goAsk what happens if a test finds something: is a specialist available the same week, and at what price?
  4. LanguageSpanish; border clinics that serve US patients usually work in English.
  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 returnBring the full report to your doctor, not just the summary page.
  7. After you returnTreat a "borderline" or "follow up" note as a reason to see your doctor, not as a diagnosis.

Can your public system pay for it?

NHS and HSE schemes do not reach Mexico. The NHS S2 route covers state treatment in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and the HSE schemes cover the EU, EEA, the UK and Switzerland. Treatment in Mexico is paid by you or by a private insurer who agrees in advance. NHS S2 route, HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme.

When not to travel for a health check-up

  • Investigating a symptom you already have. A package is screening, not a diagnosis.
  • Replacing the screening your home health service already offers for free (bowel, breast or cervical screening).

How to compare health check-up quotes

A health check-up (called ningen dock in Japan, geongang geomjin in Korea, executive check-up in Thailand and Turkey) is a bundle of tests done in one visit: blood and urine tests, a doctor's examination, an ECG, often an ultrasound and a chest X-ray or CT, and in bigger packages an endoscopy, a colonoscopy or MRI.

  • Compare the contents, not just the price. A cheap package may leave out the ultrasound or the endoscopy.
  • Check whether the doctor's summary is in English and whether a doctor explains it to you on the day.
  • Women's and men's packages are often priced differently.
  • More tests are not always better: whole-body scans in healthy people often find harmless things that then need more tests.

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.

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Health check-up in Mexico: questions

How much does a health check-up cost in Mexico?

The published prices we found range from 1,549 MXN to 1,999 MXN, about £62 to £80 or $82 to $106. They come from CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey). Each covers something slightly different, so read what is included before comparing.

Is a health check-up in Mexico cheaper than paying privately in the UK?

Before travel, the prices here work out at about £62 to £80, against about £385 to £1,120 at the UK providers we checked. Travel adds a flight and a hotel on top; the calculator on the home page adds a rough estimate.

Will the NHS or HSE pay for a health check-up in Mexico?

No. The NHS S2 route and the HSE schemes cover planned treatment in Europe only. Mexico is outside them, so you pay yourself or through a private insurer that agrees in advance.

How many days should I plan in Mexico?

Half a day to one day for most packages; packages with endoscopy or several scans can take two days. That is our planning estimate, not medical advice: the clinic sets the schedule, and you should ask it for one in writing.

What should I check before booking a health check-up in Mexico?

Compare the contents, not just the price. A cheap package may leave out the ultrasound or the endoscopy. Check whether the doctor's summary is in English and whether a doctor explains it to you on the day.

Sources

  1. International patients. CHRISTUS MUGUERZA (Monterrey). Read 27 October 2026.
  2. Planned treatment: S2 funding route. NHS (nhs.uk). Read 26 October 2026.
  3. Treatment Abroad Scheme. Health Service Executive (HSE). Read 26 October 2026.
  4. Lista de precios público general, Hospital MAC Tijuana (valid 1 Sep to 31 Dec 2026). Hospitales MAC, 1 September 2026. Read 26 October 2026.
  5. Euro foreign exchange reference rates. European Central Bank, 23 October 2026. Read 26 October 2026.