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

Prices checked 27 October 2026 (Taipei time)

Short answer

We found 2 published prices for a health check-up in Taiwan, from 23,500 TWD to 102,500 TWD, or about £540 to £2,360 before flights and a hotel. Paying privately in the UK costs about £385 to £1,120 at the providers we checked.

Published price
23,500 TWD to 102,500 TWDabout £540 to £2,360 · about €645 to €2,810 · about C$1,010 to C$4,410 · about $722 to $3,150
Price is for
one package for one person; contents differ widely, so each row says what it includes
Where
Kaohsiung
Providers
1 (Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital)
Soonest booking
“To ensure the quality of your service, please make an appointment 3 months in advance.”Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
NHS England wait
No NHS figure for this

Published health check-up prices in Taiwan

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 Taiwan
ProviderPublished priceWhat the price is forSource
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial HospitalKaohsiung23,500 TWDabout £540 · €645 · C$1,010 · $722Program A: Painless Endoscopy ProgramCore items in all five programs: BMI, blood counts, liver, renal, lipid/glucose/HbA1c/thyroid, electrolytes, vitamin D, urinalysis, stool analysis, resting ECG, chest and abdominal X-ray, bone mineral density, sedated upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, hepatobiliary ultrasound, eye, dental and ENT exams, nutrition consultation, physical exam, same-day internal-medicine result review. Program A has no cancer-marker or cardiovascular add-ons. 'Price with IMC Service Fee (NTD)'. PDF footer revision '202607'. Biopsy-related consumable costs are charged separately. Includes breakfast and lunch. PDF revision 202607.Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospitalread 27 October 2026
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial HospitalKaohsiung99,500 TWD to 102,500 TWDabout £2,290–£2,360 · €2,730–€2,810 · C$4,280–C$4,410 · $3,060–$3,150Program E: premium programme for international patients, with non-contrast brain MRI and low-dose chest CT (men 102,500, women 99,500)Package, not a single MRI: all Program B and D items plus hepatitis screening, brain MRI (tumour, aneurysm, stroke risk), low-dose chest CT, allergen panel (40), ferritin, heavy metals, thyroid and renal ultrasound, private VIP room, video consultations for CCTA and brain MRI. 'Price with IMC Service Fee (NTD)'. PDF footer revision '202607'. Biopsy-related consumable costs are charged separately. Includes breakfast and lunch. PDF revision 202607.Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospitalread 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.

Hospitals in Taiwan 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.

Compared with waiting or paying at home

The official waiting figure and the self-pay price in each home country, next to the Taiwan price converted to that currency. The Taiwan 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£540 to £2,360before flights and hotel
CanadaNo official figure foundNot verifiedC$1,010 to C$4,410before flights and hotel
IrelandNo official figure foundNot verified€645 to €2,810before flights and hotel
USNo national figureNot verified$722 to $3,150before 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 Taiwan 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. LanguageMandarin; international medical centres arrange English-speaking staff.
  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 Taiwan. 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 Taiwan 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 Taiwan: questions

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

The published prices we found range from 23,500 TWD to 102,500 TWD, about £540 to £2,360 or $722 to $3,150. They come from Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Each covers something slightly different, so read what is included before comparing.

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

Before travel, the prices here work out at about £540 to £2,360, 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 Taiwan?

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

How many days should I plan in Taiwan?

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 Taiwan?

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. Centres and specialties. Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. 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. Euro foreign exchange reference rates. European Central Bank, 23 October 2026. Read 26 October 2026.