How much does a routine physical examination cost?

There is no unified charging standard for routine physical examinations. The current price range in China is about 150 yuan to 3,500 yuan. The cost of routine physical examinations for basic health screening done by ordinary people every year is mostly concentrated in the 300-800 yuan range.

The entry-level physical examination required by young people who have just graduated and are looking for a job is the most basic one. It only covers routine blood tests, chest X-rays, liver function tests, and routine medical and surgical examinations. Many community health service centers or second-level hospitals can do it for 150-200 yuan. Last year, I accompanied my cousin who had just graduated to find an internship, and I did it at a community hospital near my home for 168 yuan. I got a stamped report the next afternoon, which fully met the company's entry requirements.

For those who have been working for three to five years and have an annual routine physical examination, most of them will add an abdominal color ultrasound, thyroid function test, urine routine, and basic gynecological or prostate screening according to gender. This type of package costs about 600-800 yuan in a public tertiary hospital. If you choose a chain private hospital Packages of the same price range from the inspection center can often be purchased at a discount of one to two hundred yuan during e-commerce sales such as 618 and Double 11. This year, several colleagues around me purchased a package from a well-known chain institution for only 499 yuan. It has more Helicobacter pylori carbon 14 inhalation tests than the same price of the top three, which is quite cost-effective.

If you are a middle-aged person over 40 years old, or have basic diseases such as high blood pressure or diabetes, routine physical examinations often include cardiovascular and cerebrovascular screening, a full set of tumor markers, and even in-depth items such as painless gastrointestinal endoscopy and chest CT, and the cost will naturally increase. Moving up the ladder, my dad had an annual physical examination with a painless gastrointestinal endoscopy at a tertiary hospital last year, which cost nearly 3,200 yuan. He also said that an old man in the same community did a similar project in a private institution and spent almost 4,000. He saved a lot by choosing a public hospital.

In fact, many people are now confused about whether to choose public or private physical examinations. Some people think that public medical examinations strictly follow the medical insurance catalogue, are transparent and do not deceive people. The doctors who do the examinations are all practicing doctors with clinical experience, and the reading and judgment indicators are more reliable. Some people think that private physical examinations do not require queuing for appointments, and the whole process is confusing. Guide, the package can be flexibly added or subtracted, and the price is more cost-effective than public medical examinations when it comes to activities. Both opinions are reasonable. If it is just a basic routine physical examination, it will not make much difference wherever you go. If you have basic diseases and need a doctor to interpret the report or even make a referral later, it will be safer to give priority to a public physical examination department.

By the way, if you encounter a "regular physical examination package" that costs tens of dollars, you should be careful. Many of them are diverted funds from institutions. They either lack core items such as blood routine and chest X-ray, or they will fool you into adding paid items during the examination, which makes it easy to waste your money.