Yonsei Sarang Hospital cost

Korean law requires hospitals to publish their non-covered fees, and Yonsei Sarang posts a long searchable schedule, so the figures below come from the hospital's own filing rather than from a brochure or an agency. Everything is in Korean won and every figure is a single line item, not a package. Several of the regenerative lines carry the note that materials are billed separately, which is where a quote grows once you get it in writing. Read it as the base your quote is built from, 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: 12
Prices checked: August 2026

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

What Yonsei Sarang Hospital charges

Treatment or service	Cost	Billed
Cartistem cell product, used in knee cartilage surgeryThis is the product line only, filed under surgical materials. The operation itself, anaesthesia, theatre time and any inpatient nights are billed on separate lines. The entry was last changed in May 2021, so confirm it before you budget around it.	₩9,000,000≈ $6,700	per product
Knee osteoarthritis, bone marrow aspirate concentrate injectionProcedure fee only. The schedule says materials are separate and lists the Tricell BMC kit at 2,000,000 KRW, so the two lines together come to 3,000,000 KRW before imaging or a stay. The fee was reduced in January 2025.	₩1,000,000≈ $740	per procedure
Tricell BMC kit for the bone marrow injectionThe disposable kit that goes with the bone marrow concentrate line above. It is filed separately, so it will appear as its own row on your bill.	₩2,000,000≈ $1,500	per procedure
Knee osteoarthritis, autologous adipose derived stromal vascular fraction injectionProcedure fee only, materials separate, and the schedule does not name the kit for this one, so ask what it adds. The hospital cut this line in January 2025 and raised it again in February 2026, which makes it the most recently repriced regenerative item on the list.	₩1,700,000≈ $1,300	per procedure
Modified microfracture using an allogeneic hyaline cartilage biomaterial, femoral condyleProcedure fee only, materials separate. Filed in June 2024 under a health ministry notice for technologies whose assessment is deferred, which is worth knowing before you agree to it.	₩2,000,000≈ $1,500	per procedure
Chondro-Gide collagen membranePriced by size on the schedule, 2,100,000 KRW for 20x30mm through 2,300,000 KRW for 40x50mm. A materials line, so it lands on top of whichever cartilage procedure it is used in.	₩2,100,000 to ₩2,300,000≈ $1,600 to $1,700	per membrane
Knee PRP injection150,000 KRW for one knee and 200,000 KRW for both. Materials are separate and the blood separation kit is listed at 50,000 KRW. Both figures were cut in January 2026.	₩150,000 to ₩200,000≈ $110 to $150	one knee to both knees
Shoulder PRP injection, rotator cuffMaterials separate. Added to the schedule in July 2026 under a health ministry notice. A separate line at the same fee covers PRP given during shoulder surgery.	₩400,000≈ $300	per procedure
Knee MRI540,000 KRW for a standard knee MRI, 400,000 KRW for a limited study and 300,000 KRW for a limited post operative scan. Contrast adds 100,000 KRW. If you arrive with outside films, reading them is billed at 50,000 KRW.	₩300,000 to ₩540,000≈ $220 to $400	per scan
Single room, nursing care wardThe only room rate on the current schedule. Relevant if a cartilage procedure means an overnight stay rather than a same day injection.	₩300,000≈ $220	per night
Manual therapy sessionSame fee for knee, shoulder, spine or other regions, charged per day. Rehab sessions add up quickly if you stay in Seoul afterwards, so count them into the trip cost.	₩120,000≈ $90	per session
Anti-aging injection, three tiersListed under cosmetic services as tiers P, B and S at 1,500,000, 3,000,000 and 4,500,000 KRW. The schedule does not state what is in any of them, so ask exactly what you would be given before you compare it with anything else.	₩1,500,000 to ₩4,500,000≈ $1,100 to $3,300	per treatment

Nothing is published in English, and non-covered charges are listed in Korean only. The hospital quotes after imaging, because cost depends on the size of the cartilage lesion and whether the cell work is combined with an osteotomy in the same operation. Korean national insurance covers part of the bill for residents. Overseas patients pay privately, and should ask whether the quote includes the admission, theatre time and rehabilitation, not just the cells.

What the price includes

Included

The single item named on that line, at the fee the hospital has filed with Korean health authorities
An itemised Korean receipt, since non-covered items are billed and recorded line by line

Billed separately

Consultation and physician fees
Imaging. A standard knee MRI is a separate 540,000 KRW line
Disposable kits and materials. Most of the regenerative lines carry the note that materials are billed on top
Inpatient nights, billed at 300,000 KRW for a single room
Anaesthesia, medication and anything that falls under national insurance, which is billed on its own schedule
Flights, accommodation, interpreting and any medical tourism agency fee

Insurance, financing and payment

Insurance

Every figure here sits on the hospital's non-covered schedule, which by definition means Korean National Health Insurance does not pay it. Some private Korean indemnity policies reimburse part of an injection line, so check your own wording rather than assuming. Foreign visitors settle in full at the counter, and a US or European insurer is unlikely to reimburse a cash paid procedure abroad. Ask for the itemised Korean receipt plus an English summary if you intend to try an HSA, FSA or out of network claim at home.

Financing

There is no published payment plan, deposit scheme or financing partner. The hospital bills item by item, so expect to settle the procedure, the materials, the imaging and any nights as separate charges rather than one package price. Card payment on the day is the norm for visiting patients. If you are booking through an agency, ask whether its fee sits on top of these figures, because the schedule is the hospital's own filing and carries no intermediary margin.

Yonsei Sarang Hospital cost questions

How much does Yonsei Sarang Hospital cost?

The regenerative lines on its published fee schedule run from 150,000 KRW for a single knee PRP injection to 9,000,000 KRW for the Cartistem cell product used in cartilage surgery. In between sit a bone marrow concentrate knee injection at 1,000,000 KRW plus a 2,000,000 KRW kit, and an adipose derived stromal vascular fraction knee injection at 1,700,000 KRW. Those are individual line items rather than packages, so a real invoice adds consultation, imaging, materials and any inpatient nights on top.

Why do so many of the prices say materials are billed separately?

Because that is how the Korean non-covered schedule is structured. The procedure fee and the disposable kit or implant are filed as different lines, and the hospital prints the caveat next to the procedure. The bone marrow injection is the clearest example: 1,000,000 KRW for the procedure and 2,000,000 KRW for the kit. Always ask which materials your case needs before you treat a procedure fee as the price.

Is the published schedule the price a foreign patient actually pays?

It is the price the hospital has filed for each item, in Korean won, and Korean hospitals are legally required to publish it. That makes it far more reliable than a brochure number, but it is still a base rather than a total. Read it as context for your quote, not as your quote.

What should I ask for before booking?

A written estimate broken out by line, naming the procedure, the kit or product, one joint or both, the imaging you will need repeated in Seoul, the number of nights and any rehab sessions. Also ask when the line was last repriced, because several of these changed in 2025 and 2026, and ask whether an interpreter is included or charged.

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.