A cost comparison for coronary bypass, valve replacement, and angioplasty across the US, Colombia, and India, with a note on Colombia's Mayo Clinic Care Network partner hospital.
Cost comparisons for laparoscopic gallbladder removal and hernia repair abroad, with a note on why appendectomy doesn't fit the planned medical tourism model.
How currency regimes across medical tourism destinations — floating local-currency pricing vs USD-pegged pricing — affect a patient's final bill.
A simple 'total cost divided by required recovery days' metric for comparing surgery abroad more accurately than sticker price alone.
A comprehensive Colombia-vs-US procedure cost table spanning orthopedic, cardiac, general surgery, cosmetic, and fertility categories.
Debunking the assumption that lower price means lower quality abroad, using accreditation data as the actual quality signal to check instead of price.
How US unbundled surgical billing compares to typical bundled quotes abroad, and what each billing style tends to hide.
The specific line items — anesthesia, facility fees, garments, follow-up visits — that often aren't included in a headline surgery price abroad.