Nucellin Orthopedic Clinic cost

Nucellin posts the non covered fee schedule that Korean clinics are required to publish, the list of services National Health Insurance does not pay for. It is real and itemised, in Korean won, and it covers injections, shockwave, manual therapy, supports and paperwork. What it does not contain is a line for stem cell treatment, which is the thing most international patients arrive for. The clinic says on its own homepage that treatment plans and costs are set by the doctor after an in person examination, so read the rows below 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: 10
Prices checked: August 2026

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

What Nucellin Orthopedic Clinic charges

Treatment or service	Cost	Billed
Stem cell treatment, joint or spineNot on the published fee schedule and not priced anywhere on the clinic's Korean or English sites. Quoted by the doctor after an in person examination.	On consultation	per plan
PRP injectionListed as a treatment the clinic offers, but absent from the published fee schedule. Ask for it in writing.	On consultation	per session
Prolotherapy injectionListed on the fee schedule as proliferation therapy. The range is wide, so ask which end your plan sits at and how many sessions it assumes.	₩200,000 to ₩600,000≈ $150 to $450	per session
Extracorporeal shockwave therapySame published range as prolotherapy. Often stacked alongside injections in a plan, which is where costs add up.	₩200,000 to ₩600,000≈ $150 to $450	per session
Manual therapy sessionBilled per session, so a rehabilitation block is a multiple of this, not a one off.	₩200,000 to ₩300,000≈ $150 to $220	per session
Ultrasound examinationThe schedule gives a minimum only and no ceiling.	From ₩100,000≈ $75	per scan
Hirax injectionListed under injection fees without any description of the product. Ask what it is before you agree to it.	₩150,000 to ₩200,000≈ $110 to $150	per injection
Nutritional IV infusionA separate line item, not part of any joint treatment price.	₩120,000 to ₩150,000≈ $90 to $110	per infusion
Cryotherapy	₩30,000 to ₩60,000≈ $20 to $45	per session
Medical certificate in EnglishThis is the paperwork a foreign insurer usually asks for. The Korean language version is 20,000 KRW flat.	₩20,000 to ₩50,000≈ $15 to $35	per document
Injury certificate100,000 KRW where recovery is stated as under three weeks, 150,000 KRW at three weeks or more.	₩100,000 to ₩150,000≈ $75 to $110	per document
Private roomThe schedule gives a minimum of 300,000 KRW and does not say whether that is per night.	From ₩300,000≈ $220	per stay as listed

Nothing is published. The clinic quotes after it has looked at your imaging, because the figure moves with which cells are used, how many sites are treated, and whether rehabilitation is bundled in. It tells international patients its pricing is disclosed up front, so get the quote in writing and check it covers the imaging, the procedure and the follow-up visits rather than the injection alone.

What the price includes

Included

An upfront estimate, which the clinic says it gives international patients before treatment
An itemised receipt you can submit to your own insurer
English language support for scheduling and explanations, which is not billed as a separate line on the fee schedule
Ultrasound or fluoroscopy guidance during an injection, described as part of the procedure rather than a separate charge

Billed separately

A consultation fee, which the published schedule does not list at all, so ask what a first visit costs if you are not on Korean National Health Insurance
MRI and X ray imaging, which the schedule does not price
Ultrasound examination, charged separately from 100,000 KRW
Braces, splints, collars and other supports, listed at 15,000 to 40,000 KRW each
Certificates, opinion letters and record copies, 1,000 to 150,000 KRW depending on the document
A private room, listed from 300,000 KRW
Flights, accommodation and any rehabilitation beyond the manual therapy sessions you are quoted for

Insurance, financing and payment

Insurance

Every item on the published list sits in Korea's non covered category, meaning National Health Insurance does not pay for it and you settle in full at the clinic. Nucellin says it provides upfront estimates and itemised receipts so patients can try to claim at home, and it sells an English medical certificate for 20,000 to 50,000 KRW, which is the document most foreign insurers want. Whether anything comes back is between you and your policy, and the clinic tells patients to check that themselves before travelling.

Financing

Nucellin publishes nothing about instalments, deposits or financing partners on either its Korean or its English site, and there is no online prepayment step in its booking flow. Appointments run through Naver booking, KakaoTalk, WhatsApp on +82 10 4184 2600, or the clinic line on 02 749 8880. If you are flying in for a large regenerative package, confirm in advance which payment methods and which currency the clinic accepts, and get the estimate in writing first.

Nucellin Orthopedic Clinic cost questions

How much does Nucellin Orthopedic Clinic cost?

For stem cell treatment there is no published figure, so the honest answer is that you will not know until the doctor has examined you. What the clinic does publish, on its legally required non covered fee list, is the supporting work: prolotherapy and shockwave at 200,000 to 600,000 KRW per session each, manual therapy at 200,000 to 300,000 KRW per session, ultrasound from 100,000 KRW, and a nutritional IV infusion at 120,000 to 150,000 KRW. Those are line items, not a package, and a plan is usually several of them together.

Does Nucellin publish a price for stem cell treatment?

No. The fee schedule on both nucellin.com and en.nucellin.com carries no stem cell row and no PRP row, and the English marketing site describes the treatment in detail without ever naming a figure. The homepage says treatment plans and associated costs are determined by the doctor after an in person evaluation, which is the clinic's position rather than an oversight.

What decides the quote?

The clinic's own pages point at which joint or region is being treated and how extensive the damage is, and its process description adds the cell source, either your own fat or your own bone marrow, plus the imaging needed to plan the injection. Whether shockwave, manual therapy or follow up sessions are bundled into the plan will move the total as much as the injection itself, since each of those is priced per session on the published list.

What should I ask before booking?

Ask for a written estimate in Korean won, itemised so you can see the consultation, imaging, cell collection, laboratory processing, the injection itself, and every follow up visit as separate lines. Ask how many sessions the plan assumes and what a repeat costs, because the published per session prices tell you the plan is additive. Confirm the first visit fee for a patient without Korean National Health Insurance, and confirm the English certificate and receipt are included if you intend to claim at home.

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.