JJReyes Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Does anyone know the price for a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in a Philippine hospital? While the procedure is covered under my Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage plan, getting an appointment is difficult. The waiting period is about five months. I thought of getting it done during a Philippine visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 BIL had one a couple months ago at Cebu Doctor's Hospital for almost p11k, Philhealth paid about 5 of that. The public hospital quoted him p5k. He was also given an option of having a "training" doctor do the procedure for a discount but passed. The good hospitals in Manila will be much more I'm sure. There was no wait, he had it done almost immediately. A 5 months waiting period for a medical procedure is kind of ridiculous don't you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I had one done in Sibulan Medical Centre Hospital in October for about 10K pesos but I was already a patient so that might have bearing on the price. I even got a video of the procedure on disc. Not sure why. One interesting thing to note. If they find anything during the colonoscopy they DO NOT take any action (like cutting off polyps). When you wake up they tell you what they found and you have to sign for them to go in again and take appropriate action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthdome Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Does anyone know the price for a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in a Philippine hospital? While the procedure is covered under my Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage plan, getting an appointment is difficult. The waiting period is about five months. I thought of getting it done during a Philippine visit. Insurance which resulted in long waiting periods on the order of months for medical procedures would be unacceptable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I even got a video of the procedure on disc. Downloading late night movies and then this video. It makes me wonder about you. On a serious note, a colonoscopy is an operation not to be taken lightly. You will be in deep sh&t if the colon gets ruptured. Spell check redlined colonoscopy, wanted to change it to endoscopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted January 23, 2015 Author Posted January 23, 2015 Hi Everyone, Thanks for the information. My wife and I are currently in Honolulu to visit our son and daughter-in-law, and for our annual health tune-up. We made all the doctor appointments about a month ago. Unfortunately, the Gastroenterology Department is down a couple of doctors so they are backed-up. Rather than scheduling an appointment and returning to Honolulu, I thought of getting the procedure done in Manila. The 2nd trip tickets to Hawaii would be around $500 each. It would be cheaper to practice medical tourism and get the colonoscopy done whilie visiting the Philippines. JJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Unfortunately, the Gastroenterology Department is down a couple of doctors so they are backed-up It is not good when the gastro dept gets backed up! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 It is not good when the gastro dept gets backed up! Thanks. I originally intended to add in parenthesis after backed up (no pun intended), but wasn't sure if it was going to be understood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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