LOOK BEYOND STICKER PRICE, SAYS EXPERT<\/p>\n
Lower treatment costs are a significant draw for patients considering healthcare procedures across the Causeway.<\/p>\n
Savings for procedures performed in Malaysia instead of Singapore ranged from 24 to 74 per cent, according to a 2025 study done by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a Singapore-based think-tank.<\/p>\n
The savings were estimated at 74 per cent for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), 37 per cent for knee replacement surgery and 24 per cent for heart bypass surgery.<\/p>\n
But cheaper procedure prices do not necessarily mean patients will pay less overall, said Mr Francis Hoan, associate director of financial advisory at Financial Alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire treatment cost is not just a procedure price, but it consists of consultation, pre-op test, the procedure itself, hospital stay, anaesthetist, specialist fees, medication, and follow-up visits, or even complications,\u201d said Mr Hoan.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t compare just the sticker price but compare the total cost.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that patients should factor in accommodation for each trip, time taken off work and what MediSave will and will not cover overseas.<\/p>\n
Patients should also consider their insurance coverage when comparing treatment in Singapore and Malaysia, said Mr Hoan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMost Integrated Shield Plans and MediShield Life don’t cover overseas private treatment, so the cheap price may be fully self-paid versus a small copayment locally,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
Planned, lower-complexity procedures with limited follow-up care are more likely to make financial sense for patients considering treatment across the border, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOOK BEYOND STICKER PRICE, SAYS EXPERT Lower treatment costs are a significant draw for patients considering healthcare procedures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,2248,243573,243572,58048,6606,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hospital","tag-johor-bahru","tag-medisave","tag-overseas","tag-patients","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}