Korea's spine specialty hospital group, licensed since 2025 for advanced regenerative medicine.
Nanoori opened in September 2003 in Nonhyeon-dong and has grown into a four-hospital group, with the founding Gangnam branch on Eonju-ro still the flagship. Spine is the identity here rather than a sideline: Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare has designated it a Spine Specialty Hospital for five consecutive terms, most recently in January 2024, and it holds ministry accreditation through December 2027. It opened a Spine Endoscopy Center in 2025, has run seven spine endoscopy symposia since 2016, and partnered academically with Stanford University Medical Center from 2005. Its International Healthcare Center had treated 12,113 foreign patients as of June 2025, with coordinators working in English, Russian and Mongolian. The regenerative side is real but narrower than the hospital's size might suggest, and it is worth knowing the shape of it before travelling. In May 2025 the Ministry of Health and Welfare designated the Gangnam and Juan branches as Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institutions, the licence a Korean hospital must hold before it may carry out advanced regenerative cell therapy or research. What the hospital publishes on its own treatment menu, though, is joint-focused: an autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection for knee osteoarthritis at โฉ2,800,000, a stem cell cartilage regeneration procedure delivered into microfractured cartilage, and PRP. For the spine itself the published regenerative options are prolotherapy, epidural neuroplasty and disc decompression rather than cell therapy. Founder Il Tae Jang, a neurosurgeon, had performed over 8,000 spine operations by 2004 and introduced Korea's first bone cement procedure in 1997.
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Starting from
โฉ250,000
โ $190
per treatment
Typical range
โฉ250,000 to โฉ6,000,000
โ $190 to $4,500
Korean law requires published non-covered fees and Nanoori posts a nine-page schedule. Relevant items: bone marrow injection for knee osteoarthritis โฉ2,800,000 with materials, allogeneic hyaline cartilage microfracture โฉ6,000,000, intraoperative PRP โฉ1,000,000, plantar fasciitis PRP โฉ250,000, epidural neuroplasty โฉ1,200,000 before the catheter. The stem cell cartilage regeneration procedure and international packages are not priced publicly and are quoted case by case.
USD figures are estimates converted at 1,343.8 KRW to 1 USD, the reference rate on 2026-09-10. The clinic bills in KRW.
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3 reviews
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Experience
Helpful assistance throughout. Staffs are friendly and supportive. Explanations by doctors are clear. Sequence of lab tests could be improved though: Went thru MRI and Xray twice, each round after seeing different physician. Overall a positive experience of treatment in a foreign land.
Experience
They quickly gave me X-rays and an MRI which allowed them to diagnose and treat my back pain. I am from Hawaii and do not speak Korean. They provided a translator, Jenny, who patiently listened to my explanations and descriptions of my pain. The doctor clearly described what the tests indicated and the recommended treatments as well as scheduled a follow up appointment. All the tests and treatments were performed in 3-4 hours.
Experience
Super efficient and so helpful. I had an English speaking guide who stuck with me the whole time and did a great job of taking my medical history and explaining what I wanted to each person I interacted with. I had an x-ray, consultation, MRI and another consultation all in 3 hours, at a totally reasonable price.
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4.2out of 5 on Google from 64 ratings
The Google profile shows 4.2 from 64 reviews. Google's topic tally is led by translator support, physiotherapy and x-ray imaging, with smaller mentions of spinal care and staff friendliness. Reviews republished on a medical travel aggregator describe imaging done within one visit and short waits, plus one complaint about being pushed toward costly scans.
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Discussion is thin and mostly outside spine care. Two r/PectusExcavatum threads cover Nuss chest surgery at Nanoori with a Dr. Park, where one poster based in Australia praised the international care team, the interpreter and daily physiotherapy, and another said the bill came to roughly 32,000 dollars. A Living_in_Korea commenter listed a 550,000 won MRI.
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Il Tae Jang
Chairman of the Board and Founder
MD, PhD, Neurosurgery
Founded Nanoori in 2003 after training in neurosurgery at Ewha Womans University Hospital and taking a doctorate at Korea University. Had performed more than 8,000 spine operations between 1993 and 2004, introduced Korea's first bone cement procedure in 1997, and began same-day-discharge cervical disc surgery in Korea the same year. Visiting professor of neurosurgery at Yonsei University College of Medicine and special executive director of both the Korean Neurosurgical Society and the Korean Society of Spine Neurosurgery. Received the Distinguished Neurosurgeon Award at the Korean Neurosurgical Society's 2025 autumn congress.
Jae Hyeon Lim
Hospital Director, Neurosurgery
MD
A founding member of the hospital in 2003 and a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Society. Introduced and popularised cervical spinal foraminotomy in Korea and developed the hospital's minimally invasive fusion and post-operative pain protocols. Trained at the Exercise Science Center, University of Florida.
Seong Cheol Moon
Director, Orthopedic Surgery
MD
The regenerative name on the joint side. Trained in orthopedics with a shoulder and elbow fellowship at Kyung Hee University Hospital, where he is a visiting professor. A member of the Korean Stem Cell Therapy Society and clinical advisor for umbilical cord stem cell therapy. Also a member of the AAOS, ISAKOS, the Korean Arthroscopy Society and the Korean Society of Sports Medicine.
Yun Kyo Jung
Deputy Director, Neurosurgery
MD
Spine clinical instructor at Asan Medical Center Seoul and visiting professor at the Catholic University College of Medicine. Academic director of the Korean Society for Shockwave Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, certified in musculoskeletal ultrasound, and published in Operative Neurosurgery and Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica.
Seung Bum Kim
Director, Neurosurgery
MD
Trained at Hanyang University with a spine neurosurgery fellowship at Gangnam Severance Hospital. Former head and professor of neurosurgery at Kyung Hee University Hospital, and vice president of the Korean Osteoporotic Spine Society. Works mainly on degenerative spinal disease in older patients and osteoporotic compression fractures.
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40% Regenerative Orthopedics ยท 30% Bone-Marrow-Derived Therapy ยท 20% Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
Pricing on consultation
55% Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) ยท 45% Exosome Therapy
Pricing on consultation
30% IV / Systemic Cell Therapy ยท 25% Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) Therapy ยท 15% Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Therapy
Starting from
$5,000