How much does a routine physical examination cost at a secondary hospital?

At present, the price of routine basic physical examination packages in domestic secondary public hospitals is generally in the range of 180-550 yuan, and the price of the same type of package in private secondary hospitals will be about 10%-30% higher.

Last week, I accompanied my cousin, who had just graduated, to go to the Second-A District People's Hospital near my home for the routine physical examination required for employment. I chose the most basic standard package, which included height and weight, blood pressure, routine hematuria, liver and kidney function, chest X-ray, and routine medical and surgical palpation. I paid for it through a personal account under medical insurance. It only cost 197 yuan, which is almost half cheaper than the package of the same item from a commercial physical examination agency that he had purchased before.

The room for price fluctuation basically comes from additional items. Many people will add a thyroid color ultrasound or a C13 Helicobacter pylori insufflation test for a routine physical examination. The cost of adding one item alone is tens to over a hundred dollars. If you choose a routine physical examination for middle-aged and elderly people, including full blood lipids, abdominal color ultrasound, and electrocardiogram, the total price will basically reach the level of 400 to 500, and the price-performance ratio is quite high.

Some people may also wonder, are the physical examination reports from secondary hospitals unreliable? In fact, the testing standards for basic routine items are unified across the country, and the testing equipment in secondary hospitals has also passed national quality control. The routine physical examination package for the elderly that I bought for my parents at a secondary community health service center last year, including the carotid artery color ultrasound, was only 480. Later, I took the report to the attending doctor in the tertiary A, and they immediately accepted it, said the data was OK, and praised us for choosing a good deal. Of course, many friends think that if they have underlying diseases, they want to do routine physical examinations to check for old diseases. They would rather spend more money to go to a tertiary hospital to avoid the trouble of having to re-examine if abnormalities are detected later. This choice is completely reasonable. After all, the core requirement of physical examinations is accuracy and worry-free.

Nowadays, the official accounts of most secondary hospitals can directly view the details and pricing of physical examination packages, and you can also make an appointment online. If you are not sure, you can just search in advance instead of going to the site to ask.