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Seoul National University Hospital: 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 Seoul National University Hospital'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.

Seoul National University Hospital does not publish how soon it can book you.

What Seoul National University Hospital is known for

• Cancer care. Cancer Hospital with named centers (brain tumor, breast, colorectal, gastric, gynecologic, head and neck, liver, lung, pancreatic and biliary, thyroid, urologic and prostate and others) in the find-a-doctor menu Source
• Transplant. Transplantation Center and Transplantation and Vascular Surgery listed as departments in the menu Source
• Check-ups. IHC runs employment/visa health examinations; full check-up packages for foreign patients are routed to the Gangnam Center Source

Size and track record, in its own words

• 'More than 30,000 patients from over 80 countries per year' (provider's own claim for the IHC) Source
• Main hospital emergency department 'see over 150 patients per day' (provider's own words) Source

How to book as a foreign patient

Online registration on the IHC page, or call +82-2-2072-0505 or fax +82-2-2072-0785 (Mon-Fri 9:00-17:30); walk-in possible but 'You may have to wait or may have to make an appointment for another day'. First visit: bring passport or Alien Registration Card, medical reports and images (in Korean or English), arrive 30 minutes early to register radiological images. Insurance: contact your insurer for a Guarantee of Payment letter before the appointment; otherwise pay and claim. Inpatients pay a deposit of the estimated cost on admission. Outpatient payment by cash or credit card; by card 'you can choose the currency between Korean won or US dollars'. International patients page

Treatments and published prices

It offers health check-ups and cancer screening packages. Compare every provider in South Korea: health check-up in South Korea, cancer screening in South Korea.

Seoul National University Hospital 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.

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