Wait times · Hong Kong

The public queue runs long.
The private price runs higher than Seoul.

Hong Kong's public specialist queue can run into many months, and a comparable private work-up at home already costs more than flying to Seoul for one. This page compares the public-queue wait and the private cash price against a same-day program in Seoul. Every figure on this page is a provisional placeholder, not yet checked against a named source or measurement date. See the methodology line under the comparison table for exactly what is still pending.

Price my program See the report format
16 wks
Wait for an MRI (public)

Placeholder: public queue, not yet sourced.

24 wks
Referral to treatment, median (public)

Placeholder estimate, public specialist queue.

3 days
Same scan, scheduled in Seoul

Booked and completed inside one visit.

2–3 wks
Full written report

Same-day consult on preliminary findings; the full report varies by centre. KMI and Hanshin Medipia publish two to three weeks; Hanaro publishes no figure at all (measured 2026-07-28). You are not in Korea waiting for it. Reports are sent by email (or by post, at one centre) once ready, after you have already flown home, so a longer report does not mean a longer trip.

Every figure on this page is a provisional placeholder, not yet checked against a named source or measurement date. See the methodology line under the comparison table for exactly what is still pending.

The arithmetic

Hong Kong. Korea.

What you are comparing
HONG KONG VS KOREA
Hong Kong
PUBLIC WAIT / PRIVATE CASH PRICE
Korea
PARTNER CENTER, SCHEDULED VISIT
Wait for an MRI (public)
16 wks
3 days
Wait for a colonoscopy (public)
20 wks
3 days
Referral to treatment, median (public)
24 wks
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Comprehensive screening, private self-pay
HK$28,000
HK$11,000
Everything in one visit
Sometimes PRIVATE HK CAN MATCH THIS, AT A HIGHER PRICE
Yes ONE SCHEDULED DAY, ONE BUILDING
HK$17,000lower out-of-pocket
1 tripinstead of a longer public queue
Price my program

PLACEHOLDER: not yet cited to a primary source. Figures in this table have not been checked against a named source or measurement date.

Next steps

What to check before you book.

How it works

Screen, scan, report: the five steps from first message to English report in hand.

Programs & pricing

Three fixed-price tiers, quoted in your currency before you book.

Will my doctor accept it?

What's in the report file, who signs it, and the honest limits of a result from a clinic your GP hasn't heard of.

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