{"id":42,"date":"2020-04-10T11:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/?p=42"},"modified":"2020-05-05T05:58:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T05:58:32","slug":"what-is-the-cost-for-knee-replacement-surgery-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/2020\/04\/10\/what-is-the-cost-for-knee-replacement-surgery-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Cost for knee Replacement  Surgery in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Indian doctors - Ms Linda (Canada &amp; Ecuador)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTikfUNWe30?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Canadian patient shares her experience about the standards of Indian<br> doctors &amp; health care<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We should realize that cost for <a href=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/computer-assisted-knee-replacement\">knee replacement<\/a> varies widely from country to country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/computer-assisted-knee-replacement\">knee replacement<\/a> surgery is very expensive in countries like the USA &amp; Australia, it is quite affordable and inexpensive in India because of the following reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-1-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-1-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-1-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-1-768x299.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>International patients treated with compassion &amp; care<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly the India Government has put a capping on the price of the knee Implants and so the cost for the knee implants has been slashed down to 30 to 50 % of their original price. The price capping also applies to imported implants including those approved by the United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, the Hospitals expenses are very reasonable when compared to the quality of service they provide &amp; Doctors charges are significantly less compared to that in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-2-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-2-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-2-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-2-768x302.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Hospital in-patient rooms are cosy and cost-effective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, a very few like us use high end technology (Computer Assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/computer-assisted-knee-replacement\">Knee Replacement<\/a>) for managing knee arthritis.\u00a0 Yet we charge very reasonably so that it does not burden the patients in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-3-1024x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-3-1024x405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-3-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cost-of-knee-replacement-3-768x303.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Cutting edge technology used by us to deliver unmatched results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, the cost for supportive therapy such as Physiotherapy and the cost of medicines and consumables are significantly low in India without compromise in the product standards and the quality of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the above reasons India has become the most desired destination for medical tourism especially for patients who don\u2019t have health insurance support for various reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We should realize that cost for knee replacement varies widely from country to country. While knee replacement surgery is very expensive in countries like the USA &amp; Australia, it is quite affordable and inexpensive in India because of the following reasons. Firstly the India Government has put a capping on the price of the knee &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/2020\/04\/10\/what-is-the-cost-for-knee-replacement-surgery-in-india\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is the Cost for knee Replacement  Surgery in India?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kneeworld.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}