Gangnam JS Hospital cost

Gangnam JS Hospital publishes guide ranges for its injection and IV services on its English language site, all in Korean won, and labels them as a guide rather than a quote. The procedure it is best known for, the cord blood cell surgery for knee cartilage, carries no published figure at all. The bands below are wide, and the hospital says the final number follows an imaging review and the plan you agree on. Read them as context for your quote, not as your quote.

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Cost at a glance

Typical cost: Quoted per patient
How it is priced: Quoted after consultation
Published price lines: 14
Prices checked: August 2026

Pricing is indicative and set by each clinic. Confirm the final cost directly before treatment.

What Gangnam JS Hospital charges

Treatment or service	Cost	Billed
Cord blood cell surgery for knee cartilageThe operation the hospital built its reputation on, and the one it does not price publicly. No figure appears on the Korean site, the English site or the dedicated knee page. Ask for it in writing, and ask what the inpatient stay adds.	On consultation	per knee
Image guided injection, single jointGuide band shown on the cartilage and joint pages. Covers one joint in one session.	₩550,000 to ₩950,000≈ $410 to $710	per session
Image guided injection, spine or disc, single regionSame band as the joint injection. More than one target is quoted separately.	₩550,000 to ₩950,000≈ $410 to $710	per session
Image guided injection, sports injury, single siteThe general orthopaedics page gives a slightly wider band of 450,000 to 950,000 won for a single site, so expect your figure to land somewhere inside that spread.	₩450,000 to ₩850,000≈ $330 to $630	per session
Staged combination, or several sites in one planListed only as a custom quotation, set after imaging review and plan selection.	On consultation	per plan
Wellness or longevity IV sessionInfusion blended with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Four session packages are quoted individually.	₩250,000 to ₩550,000≈ $190 to $410	per session
Express energy IV	₩250,000 to ₩390,000≈ $190 to $290	per session
Performance IV with NAD+	₩380,000 to ₩650,000≈ $280 to $480	per session
IV add-on: NAD+, glutathione, B12 or carnitineBilled on top of the session, so a headline IV price is rarely the whole bill.	₩80,000 to ₩200,000≈ $60 to $150	each
Optional lab panelOffered on the longevity page as a quarterly option. The figure moves with the tests ordered.	₩150,000 to ₩380,000≈ $110 to $280	per panel
Scalp session, full scalpSame band on the hair loss and alopecia pages. A course of four to six sessions is quoted after consultation.	₩450,000 to ₩790,000≈ $330 to $590	per session
Scalp add-on, targeted area	₩180,000 to ₩320,000≈ $130 to $240	each
Full face skin session	₩350,000 to ₩650,000≈ $260 to $480	per session
Face course, three sessions	₩930,000 to ₩1,560,000≈ $690 to $1,200	per course
Erectile dysfunction micro injection	₩650,000 to ₩1,200,000≈ $480 to $890	per session
Shockwave session	₩350,000 to ₩600,000≈ $260 to $450	per session

No prices are published. The hospital quotes after MRI review, because the figure depends on the size of the cartilage defect and whether other work is done in the same operation. Korean national insurance covers part of the bill for residents; foreign patients pay privately and should ask what the quote covers beyond the implant itself, including the inpatient stay, imaging and follow-up.

What the price includes

Included

One session of the named procedure, at the guide band published for that service
The pre-treatment check in and vitals review the IV pages describe, including a screen for anything that rules you out
Image guided delivery, which the orthopaedic pages present as part of the injection rather than a separate line
English speaking coordination for overseas patients, which the hospital advertises but does not price

Billed separately

IV add-ons such as NAD+, glutathione, B12 or carnitine, listed separately at 80,000 to 200,000 won each
X-ray, MRI or ultrasound used to assess the joint before a plan is set
Optional lab panels, listed at 150,000 to 380,000 won
The cord blood cell surgery for knee cartilage, the inpatient stay that goes with it, and any bow leg correction done in the same operation, none of which carry a published figure
Flights, accommodation, and any interpreting you arrange outside the hospital

Insurance, financing and payment

Insurance

None of the pages that carry prices mention insurance, HSA or FSA, and the hospital gives no guidance for overseas policies. Treat every figure here as self pay. If you intend to claim at home, ask for an itemised receipt and an English operative or treatment record before you leave Korea, because chasing paperwork afterwards from another country is much harder.

Financing

No payment plan, deposit schedule or financing partner is named anywhere on the Korean hospital site or on either of its English sites. Multi session courses of three to six sessions are quoted individually after a consultation, so ask what is payable at booking, what is payable on the day, and whether the quote is held for any length of time. Payment is arranged directly with the hospital, whose international contact is a WhatsApp number and an email address rather than an online checkout.

Gangnam JS Hospital cost questions

How much does Gangnam JS Hospital cost?

Its English site publishes guide bands of roughly 450,000 to 950,000 won for a single site image guided injection and 250,000 to 650,000 won for an IV session, but the cord blood cell knee cartilage surgery it is best known for has no published price and is quoted only after a consultation and imaging. So a wellness or injection visit can be budgeted from the site, and the knee operation cannot.

Why is there no price for the knee cartilage surgery?

The hospital simply does not publish one. Its Korean pages, its English pages and its dedicated knee page all describe the procedure at length and none of them names a figure. Korean price aggregators list other hospitals for the same product but not this one, so there is no published number to compare against either. Expect a private quote and ask what it covers.

What should I ask when I request a quote?

Ask for the figure in writing and itemised. Confirm whether it covers one knee or both, whether a bow leg correction is being done in the same operation, how many nights of inpatient stay are assumed and what an extra night costs, whether imaging and follow up visits are inside the number or billed separately, and what happens to the price if the plan changes after the imaging review. For injections and IVs, ask which add-ons the quoted session already includes.

Are the published ranges the price I will pay?

No. The hospital labels them as a guide and states that the final quote follows an imaging review and the plan you select. The bands are wide, roughly double from bottom to top on several services, and add-ons and labs sit outside them. Use them to work out whether this hospital is in your budget bracket, then get a written quote.

Where these figures come from

Last checked August 2026. Clinics change their prices without notice, so treat every figure here as a starting point and confirm it in writing.