Saving Healthcare Costs Through Medical Tourism

The next time you’re faced with a major medical procedure, but worried about the cost, you might consider medical tourism. Imagine saving tens of thousands on a CABG (coronary artery bypass graft), or simply cardiac bypass.

Once upon a time, medical tourism was considered something that only the wealthy did, but in 2012 an estimated 600,000 will solve their medical problems in other countries, and that number is predicted to grow by 15 to 20 percent as baby boomers age. A survey conducted by Patients Beyond Borders (a medical travel company) revealed that in 2011 a CABG could be performed in the United States for roughly $88,000. If you flew to India, you’d pay $9,500. You could travel back and forth to India several times and not eat up the nearly $78,000 or so in savings.

What to know more? In addition to Patients Beyond Borders, IndUSHealth is also a medical travel program provider for patients and employer health care plans.