How a health checkup in Taiwan works

Common questions

Who this is for

People who speak English, are travelling to Taiwan or have family there, and want a thorough diagnostic checkup for themselves or a parent, with results they can take home to their own doctor. ExecDia lists diagnostic packages only. It does not arrange treatment.

Choosing a checkup for your parents

People 65 and over who are enrolled in Taiwan's national health insurance can have a free yearly adult health check. A paid package adds tests such as imaging and endoscopy; each package page lists exactly what it adds.

A large teaching hospital can mean long walks between stations. Companion policies vary: some centers allow one companion and keep them out of the exam area. Whether an English report is available, and what it costs, also varies, and it is often an extra. Ask the hospital about both, or choose Book it for me and we ask for you.

The i僑卡 (Overseas Compatriot Card)

The Overseas Community Affairs Council issues the i僑卡 free, for life, to Taiwanese and overseas compatriots who live abroad. Its official list of partner medical institutions includes 27 of the hospitals on this site; partner hospitals carry the note on their own page. The list gives no discount figures; any discount is set by each center, so ask the hospital. A few packages are sold only to Overseas Compatriot Card (i僑卡) holders; their package pages say so under "Who can book". How to apply

What a package is

Taiwan's hospitals sell checkups as fixed packages: a set list of tests at a set price, done in one visit at the hospital's health-management center. A package can be a short visit of blood work and ultrasound or a full day with CT, MRI and endoscopy. Every package on this site shows its full test list in English and its published price in US$ and NT$.

The day itself

Most centers start early in the morning. You fast beforehand, usually eight hours, and if the package includes a colonoscopy you do a bowel preparation the evening before with a kit the hospital supplies. Tests run one after another in the same building, typically over two to five hours. Endoscopies are commonly offered under light sedation; centers that sedate usually ask you not to drive afterwards and to come with someone who can take you home. A doctor usually reviews the first results with you at the end of the visit. Exact fasting hours, sedation and preparation vary by hospital and package; where a hospital publishes them we show them on the package page, and ask the hospital for the rest before you book.

Results

Blood and imaging reports typically follow within one to three weeks, but this varies. Not every hospital produces an English report by default, and Taiwan labs often report in SI units (the metric lab units used outside the US) rather than the units used in the United States. Imaging is usually available on a disc or as a download. Ask the hospital about report language, units, turnaround and imaging delivery before you book; in Book it for me we ask for you and tell you what they said before you decide.

Language

English at the front desk varies by hospital. Larger medical centers in Taipei and Taichung generally handle English-speaking visitors routinely; smaller hospitals may not. We contact the hospital in Chinese on your behalf, so language does not stand in the way of booking.

If something is found

The reviewing doctor explains findings on the day and the report goes home with you. Your own doctor decides what to do next. ExecDia does not give medical advice and does not arrange treatment.

Paying

You pay the hospital directly, in NT$. Most centers take payment on the day; some ask for a bank transfer or deposit first, and the package page shows that when the hospital publishes it. Booking directly with the hospital is free; every package page shows its phone and website. Making the booking for you is a paid service: Book it for me, US$149, or Family concierge, US$499, paid only after the hospital confirms. We add no markup to the hospital's published price.

How booking through ExecDia works

You can book directly with the hospital: its phone and website are on every package page, and most hospitals take bookings in Chinese. Or choose Book it for me or Family concierge on the request form: you pick a package and tell us your dates, your name, an email and a phone number or WhatsApp. We contact the hospital in Chinese and ask about your dates, the price, whether an English report is available, and how imaging is delivered, and reply by email. To book we tell the hospital the package, your dates and the patient's age and sex. Your name and contact details go to the hospital only when you confirm. You pay our fee only after the hospital confirms the appointment. If the hospital cancels, we refund it in full. Nothing is charged through this website.

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