| Hospitals with a published price | 17 (18 packages) |
|---|---|
| Cheapest | 18,500 THB · £412 · Kasemrad Hospital Sriburin |
| Median across hospitals | 44,900 THB · £1,000 |
| Dearest | 79,000 THB · £1,759 |
| Unit | per eye |
| Exchange rate used | 44.9 THB per GBP, Latest daily mid-market snapshot · 10 November 2026 |
Every published price, cheapest first
| Hospital | City | Package as published | Price | In pounds | Who it applies to | Includes | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasemrad Hospital Sriburin | Chiang Rai | Cataract Surgery Package | 18,500 THB | £412 | No restriction stated | Page does not say per eye or which lens is included. | 2026-11-05 |
| Chularat 3 International Hospital | Samut Prakan | แพ็กเกจสลายต้อกระจก - soft lens, non-light-filtering | 28,000 THB | £624 | Thai nationals only | surgeon fee, operating room instruments, take-home medication; excludes diagnostic exam fees (package usable only after diagnosis), suture removal, membrane cover fee if needed, double-head pterygium; Thai nationals only; cash only; non-refundable; cannot combine with other promotions. Lens tier price as read from the page image; per-eye basis not stated in the image. | 2026-10-28 |
| Bangpakok 1 Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract Surgery Package | from 35,000 THB | £779 | No restriction stated | doctor and hospital service fees | 2026-11-04 |
| Kasemrad Hospital Prachachuen | Bangkok | Cataract Treatment Program | 35,000 THB | £779 | No restriction stated | Page does not say whether the price is per eye or the lens type. | 2026-10-28 |
| Kasemrad Hospital Ramkhamhaeng | Bangkok | Cataract surgery with monofocal (single-distance) lens, per eye (day case) | 37,000 THB | £824 | No restriction stated | doctor, hospital and service fees, lens for one eye; excludes pre-operative assessment; any hospital stay; lens upgrades charged at cost | 2026-11-01 |
| Chularat 3 International Hospital | Samut Prakan | แพ็กเกจสลายต้อกระจก - soft lens, light-filtering | 38,000 THB | £846 | Thai nationals only | surgeon fee, operating room instruments, take-home medication; excludes diagnostic exam fees, suture removal, membrane cover fee if needed; Thai nationals only; cash only. Lens tier price as read from the page image. | 2026-10-28 |
| Khon Kaen Ram Hospital | Khon Kaen | Cataract surgery and IOL (per eye) (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | from 38,000 THB | £846 | No restriction stated | doctor's fees, service charges, take-home medication, local anaesthesia; excludes pre-operative evaluation, astigmatism-correcting lens, follow-ups; Price shown on the hospital's package list page; the individual package page does not repeat the figure. | 2026-11-02 |
| Ladprao Hospital | Bangkok | Package cataract surgery - monofocal lens, 1 eye (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | 38,900 THB | £866 | Thai nationals and foreign residents only | surgeon, outpatient and OR nursing, operating room, drugs and supplies, take-home drugs, lens; excludes pre-operative consultation, room if admitted, complications, general anaesthesia; Per eye; outpatient surgery. Other lenses 48,900 to 86,900. Cash or card only; Thai nationals and resident expatriates. | 2026-10-27 |
| Bangpakok 9 International Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery package (OPD) (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | 42,000 THB | £935 | Thai nationals only | doctor and hospital fees, take-home medication; excludes pre-operative evaluation and unrelated costs; Price is for one eye. Lens type not stated. With 1 night admission (2 days 1 night) 68,000. Posters state the promotion is reserved for Thai nationals only. | 2026-10-27 |
| Mongkutwattana Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery package (one eye) (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | 44,900 THB | £1,000 | Thai nationals only | surgery, doctor fee, operating-room equipment, take-home medication, one post-op follow-up; excludes pre-operative diagnostic tests, treatment of chronic conditions before surgery; Lens type not stated. Promotional price stated for Thai nationals only. | 2026-11-01 |
| Nonthavej Hospital | Nonthaburi | Cataract surgery, foldable single-vision lens, per eye (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | 50,000 THB | £1,114 | No restriction stated | Physician fees, hospital service charges, take-home medication; excludes Pre-surgery examinations, chronic-condition medication, special implants and supplies, lab tests; overnight stay 5,000 THB per night; Single-vision with astigmatism correction 95,900; multifocal 115,900; multifocal with astigmatism correction 125,000. | 2026-11-04 |
| Vibhavadi Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery package (phaco-emulsification) | 51,000 THB | £1,136 | No restriction stated | operating room, surgeon, nursing, recovery room, medication and supplies used in surgery, take-home medication; excludes pre-operative evaluation (blood tests, EKG), other specialist consults, chronic-disease medication; Lens type and whether the price is per eye are not stated on the page. | 2026-10-27 |
| Sikarin Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery - Monofocal lens, 1 eye (day case), valid to 2026-12-31 | 52,000 THB | £1,158 | No restriction stated | Page text says no overnight stay is needed. Monofocal Plus 53,000; Monofocal Toric 79,000; Multifocal 92,000; both eyes monofocal 95,000. Option labels matched to prices by listing order. | 2026-10-27 |
| Piyavate Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery - Monofocal lens, valid to 2026-12-31 | 55,000 THB | £1,225 | Thai nationals and foreign residents only | doctor, hospital and nursing fees; excludes pre-operative evaluation; Per eye. Cash, transfer or full-amount card payment only. Trifocal multifocal lens is 85,500. Thai nationals and expatriates working or living in Thailand only. | 2026-10-27 |
| Samitivej Chinatown Hospital | Bangkok | Phaco cataract package (ultrasound phacoemulsification) (day case) | from 58,000 THB | £1,292 | No restriction stated | Header says from 58,000 depending on lens; the cost table on the same page says from 50,000. Unit (per eye) not stated. Day surgery with local anaesthetic. | 2026-10-27 |
| Praram 9 Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract surgery by phacoemulsification, valid to 2026-12-30 | 58,900 THB | £1,312 | No restriction stated | Thai-language page. Per-eye basis not stated. Buy by 30 Dec 2026, use by 31 Jan 2027. Praram 9 states this price is reserved for Thai nationals and foreigners living in Thailand. | 2026-11-06 |
| MedPark Hospital | Bangkok | Cataract Surgery with monofocal lens implant (phaco with IOL) | 73,900 THB | £1,646 | Thai nationals and foreign residents only | Price is for outpatient cataract surgery. Package price is valid for Thai nationals and expatriates residing in Thailand only. Per-eye basis not stated. Toric monofocal 97,900; multifocal 119,000; multifocal toric 149,000. | 2026-11-03 |
| Pattaya International Hospital | Pattaya | Cataract Surgery Package, valid to 2026-12-31 | from 79,000 THB | £1,759 | No restriction stated | excludes doctor fee (medical service); Quoted per side ('starting from THB 79,000 per side'); lens type not stated. | 2026-10-27 |
Where a hospital publishes several tiers for the same procedure, every tier is listed but only its cheapest counts once in the median. "From" prices are starting prices; the hospital's page sets out what moves them. The median is used rather than an average so one very expensive hospital does not pull the figure.
By city
| City | Hospitals | Cheapest | Median | In pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract surgery in Bangkok | 14 | 28,000 THB | 47,450 THB | £1,057 |
| Chiang Rai | 1 | 18,500 THB | 18,500 THB | £412 |
| Chonburi | 1 | 79,000 THB | 79,000 THB | £1,759 |
| Khon Kaen | 1 | 38,000 THB | 38,000 THB | £846 |
What the price means in pounds
At 44.9 baht to the pound the median is £1,000. At 42 it is £1,069; at 48 it is £935. For a planned procedure the timing of the transfer can be worth more than the difference between two hospitals; moving the money at the mid-market rate rather than on a UK card at the desk saves the card's foreign-exchange load on top.
Paying a Thai hospital from a UK account?
Compare the GBP to THB quote before you pay a package price or a deposit.
Before you book on a package price
- Read the inclusions. Surgeon, anaesthetist, implant, nights and follow-up are listed separately by most hospitals; the cheapest package is often the one that leaves the most out.
- Check who the price is for. Bangkok's larger hospitals publish some prices for Thai nationals and foreign residents only (a work permit or residence is asked for) and others for fly-in international patients only; the "who it applies to" column repeats what the page says. Where no restriction is stated, ask before booking.
- Insurance first. If a policy pays the hospital directly, the package price is the insurer's problem; if you pay and claim back, it is yours. The insurance comparison covers direct billing.
- Promotions expire. Prices with a "valid to" date are promotions; the list price applies after it.
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How The Baht records hospital prices
Every price comes from the hospital's own website, recorded with the page URL and the date it was checked. Prices are the hospital's published package prices, not quotes. Packages are mapped to a fixed procedure list; the hospital's own package name is always shown. Pound figures use the mid-market GBP/THB rate on the day the page was built. Hospitals that do not publish prices are listed on their city page with no figure. Corrections: editorial@thebaht.com.