What will your surgery in Colombia really cost?

There is no reliable public price list: it depends on the procedure, the surgeon, the clinic and what the quote includes. That is why this planner uses your own quote and shows which lines it leaves unanswered, instead of quoting an average.

Ask for it in writing and line by line: the surgeon’s fee, the anesthesiologist, the clinic and operating room, pre-surgery tests, implants or materials, medication, recovery garments, follow-up visits, and who pays if there is a complication.

Your surgeon decides, based on your procedure. As a reference, the U.S. CDC says that flying after surgery can raise the risk of blood clots, and that delaying air travel 10 to 14 days after major surgery, particularly chest surgery, minimizes the risks from changes in air pressure. Enter the days your surgeon gives you and the planner works out your earliest flight and your nights of lodging.

No. Recovery houses and furnished apartments are lodging, not hospitals. Stay near the clinic, with someone to help you the first days, and know where you would be treated in an emergency.

Because the trip can run longer than planned: extra nights, a changed flight or another follow-up visit. The planner adds the percentage you choose on top of everything else. You can set it to zero.