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Severance Hospital (Yonsei University): booking, waiting time and prices for international patients

Prices checked 27 October 2026 (Taipei time)

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

Each line is Severance Hospital (Yonsei University)'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.

Severance Hospital (Yonsei University) does not publish how soon it can book you; it does say how fast it replies.

What Severance Hospital (Yonsei University) is known for

• Cancer care. Robotic surgery for prostate, thyroid, stomach and colorectal cancer; page claims an estimated 96% of robotic prostate cancer patients disease-free Source
• Check-ups. Severance Health Checkup with 3.0T MR; fast-track referral into the hospital if disease is found Source
• Other. Separate hospitals under the same system: Yonsei Cancer Center, Cardiovascular, Children's, Eye, Rehabilitation, Dental Source

Size and track record, in its own words

• 'The Most Visited Korean Hospital by Foreigners for Eight Consecutive Years' (provider's own claim) Source
• 'more than 50,000 foreign patients visiting Severance Hospital each year' (provider's own claim) Source
• Yonsei University Health System status page: 2,437 beds, 821 doctors, 8 da Vinci robots, 2,500,000 outpatients Source
• Over 40,000 robotic surgeries with da Vinci as of December 2023, described as 'the world's first achievement as a single institution' Source

How to book as a foreign patient

Online treatment appointment form (IHC) or checkup appointment form; phone for check-ups +82-2-2228-1004. IHC can provide an estimated cost of treatment on request before medical consent; overseas insurers can be billed directly for hospitalization; outpatients often pay and claim. Bring medical records and MRI/CT images. International patients page

Treatments and published prices

It offers health check-ups, MRI scans, colonoscopies, gastroscopies, CT scans and heart check-ups. Compare every provider in South Korea: health check-up in South Korea, mri scan in South Korea, colonoscopy in South Korea, ct scan in South Korea, heart check-up in South Korea.

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.

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