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How much treatment in China costs: what makes up the price of cellular programmes
An honest breakdown: why there's no “single price list” for cellular medicine, what parts make up an estimate, and why the exact cost is given only after diagnostics.
Price is the first thing people ask about. And, to be honest straight away: no serious clinic will name an exact figure before diagnostics. But you can understand what makes it up in advance — and that's what we'll do.
Below is what makes up the cost of treatment and cellular programmes in the Boao Lecheng cluster, what affects the total and how payment works. Indicative ranges for specific methods are gathered on the Pricing page.
Why there's no single price
Cellular and regenerative medicine isn't a “procedure from a price list” but an individual programme. Two people with similar requests may be prescribed different scopes, so the cost will differ too.
The price is formed not “for the method in general” but for a specific medical plan, which a physician draws up from diagnostic results and by indication.
What makes up an estimate
To see the whole picture, it helps to break the cost into parts:
- Diagnostics (check-up) — the required first step; no programme begins without an accurate diagnosis
- The method itself — the type of cells or technology and the complexity of preparing the product
- The number and frequency of sessions — set by the physician from the dynamics, not by the patient in advance
- Associated services — follow-up, additional investigations by indication
- Accommodation and logistics — flights, hotel, transfers, interpreting (often included in the package)
Cost guidance
To help you plan a budget, we publish indicative ranges in yuan with a conversion to dollars — for each area on the Pricing page. It's a frame for a preliminary estimate, not an invoice.
The final estimate is formed after tests: that's when the scope of the programme is clear. Before the trip, a preliminary estimate can be prepared so you decide with the figures in the open.
How payment works
You pay for treatment directly to the clinic in the cluster — by official invoices and receipts. The representative takes no markup on the medicine: our job is organisation and support, not reselling treatment.
This format is transparent: you see what you're paying for, and you pay the one providing the care.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Yes, an indicative one. Before the trip a preliminary estimate is prepared by range. The final sum depends on the scope of diagnostics, the prescriptions and the clinic's decisions.
Diagnostic programmes usually include accommodation, meals and transfers. For treatment, the package composition is discussed separately — the coordinator fixes this before the trip.
No. You pay for the medicine directly to the clinic by official invoice. We are responsible for organisation and support.
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Describe your medical goal — we'll advise which documents are needed for a preliminary assessment and what the next steps could be.