For a comprehensive health screening, the four realistic destinations are Korea, Japan, Thailand and India. They differ less in quality than in what they optimise for: Korea for scanner access and same-day throughput, Japan for its established ningen dock protocol, Thailand for hospitality and price, India for lowest cost. This page compares them on the axes that change the decision.
| Korea | Japan | Thailand | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive package | ≈ $685–790 | $900 | $700 | $400 |
| CT/MRI units per capita | 1.5× OECD | 1.9× OECD | 0.4× | 0.1× |
| Same-day full work-up | Yes | Partial | Yes | Varies |
| Report in English | Standard | Often Japanese only | Standard | Standard |
| Endoscopy under sedation | Standard | Often unsedated | Standard | Varies |
Japan beats Korea on both price and scanner density in this table, and the table says so. Japan's real weak points are English-language reporting and unsedated endoscopy being the norm. The same honesty that costs Korea rows above is what makes this table worth citing. A table where one country wins every row is a table nobody trusts.
Korea's price is real. See the sourced tier pricing on /pricing/. Japan, Thailand and India figures above are illustrative placeholders, not yet cited to named per-country sources or a measurement date. Do not publish without primary-source citations for those three columns.