Prices as published by the hospitals · checked 2026-09-22
Is a health checkup in Taiwan cheaper than in the US?
Published 7 November 2026 · prices checked 22 September 2026
For 353 public packages, the same tests bought one by one at US cash prices add up to a middle figure of about 5.1 times the hospital's listed Taiwan price. In 346 of them even the low end of the US sum is above the Taiwan price; in 7 it is not. US prices checked 2026-10-11.
This compares published package contents and listed prices only. It does not say a Taiwan package and a US visit are equivalent services, and it leaves out travel, time off and follow-up care.
The numbers
- Packages compared: 353 of the 353 public packages on this site.
- Median ratio of the US sum to the Taiwan price: 5.1 (midpoint of each package's US range); 4.1 using the low end of each US range, 5.9 using the high end.
- US sum above the Taiwan price even at its low end: 346 packages (98%).
- Taiwan price inside the US range: 6 packages. Taiwan price at or above the high end of the US range: 1 packages.
The packages where it is not higher
7 packages do not follow the pattern. They are listed here with both figures so you can see the gap for each.
| Package | Hospital | Taiwan price | US cash range |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Precision Medical Imaging Health Checkup (Sanitas Elite Premier) | Beitou Health Management Hospital | US$7,322 NT$235,041 | US$3,837–4,451 |
| Royal Seal Type Checkup | Taiwan Adventist Hospital | US$3,421 NT$109,800 | US$2,687–3,879 |
| Brain Protection Program - Upgraded Version | National Taiwan University Cancer Center | US$1,116 NT$35,827 | US$980–1,199 |
| Afternoon Plan: Sustained Health Protection - Plan A Cardiovascular | Taichung Veterans General Hospital | US$1,293 NT$41,500 | US$1,185–1,885 |
| Cardiovascular Package - Upgraded Version | National Taiwan University Cancer Center | US$1,930 NT$61,960 | US$1,842–2,748 |
| CII+Heart Checkup | Chi Mei Medical Center | US$3,178 NT$102,000 | US$3,138–4,484 |
| Top-Tier Comprehensive Health Check | Country Hospital | US$1,090 NT$35,000 | US$964–1,676 |
US$ at 32.1 TWD, 23 Sep 2026; you pay in NT$.
Method and limits
- For each package we match its tests to a shared test list, then price each matched test at a typical US cash-pay range (MDsave, Quest, and other cash-price marketplaces; most recent snapshot 2026-10-11). Each test counts once, however many related tests a package lists.
- A package is included only when at least half of its matched tests could be priced. Across the included packages, 14,265 of 14,596 matched tests were priced (the median package: 100%).
- Tests with only a rough price (a single reseller or an extrapolation) are left out, which makes the US sum lower, not higher.
- US benchmarks are cash or list prices. They are not the rates insurers negotiate, and they are not what a US checkup visit costs: a US visit bundles services differently and is often partly covered by insurance.
- Taiwan prices are the hospital's own published prices in NT$, converted at the rate in the note above. Foreign-national prices may differ at some hospitals; the package page shows the note when the hospital says so.
- Tests we could not match to the shared list are in the Taiwan price but not in the US sum, which also makes the US sum lower.
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