Conditions we help with in Beijing
Each condition hub covers diagnosis, the best Beijing hospitals, treatment options, realistic costs and next steps for international patients.
Brain tumors — benign or malignant growths in the brain — are diagnosed with contrast-enhanced MRI and treated with surgery, radiotherapy or targeted therapy. Beijing Tiantan Hospital runs one of the world's largest neurosurgery programs, and international patients can usually get a contrast brain MRI within days from about $320.
Top hospital: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or a vessel bleeds; emergency treatment must happen locally, but after stabilization many international patients come to Beijing for cause-finding workups, second opinions and recovery planning. Beijing Tiantan and Xuanwu hospitals are China's leading neurology centers, with MRI/MRA workups from about $320.
Top hospital: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Parkinson's disease is a progressive movement disorder treated with medication and, in suitable patients, deep brain stimulation (DBS). Xuanwu Hospital in Beijing runs one of Asia's leading functional neurosurgery and movement-disorder programs, and evaluation (neurological exam + MRI) starts from about $320.
Top hospital: Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the brain and spinal cord, diagnosed mainly with contrast MRI and managed with disease-modifying therapies. PUMCH — China's top-ranked hospital for complex diagnosis — offers thorough MS workups, with brain + spine MRI from about $500.
Top hospital: Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
Beijing is home to Peking University Third Hospital, where China's first IVF baby was born in 1988 — today one of the world's highest-volume reproductive medicine centers. A full fertility assessment starts from about $500, and IVF cycles typically cost from $4,500–$8,000, far below typical US prices.
Top hospital: Peking University Third Hospital
Coronary artery disease, valve disease and rhythm disorders are evaluated with coronary CT angiography and treated with stenting (PCI), surgery or ablation. Fuwai Hospital — China's national cardiovascular center and one of the world's largest heart hospitals — anchors Beijing's cardiac care, with CT angiography from about $350.
Top hospital: Fuwai Hospital
Cancer care in Beijing combines fast staging (PET-CT from about $600), expert pathology review and access to surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and modern immunotherapy — often at a fraction of Western prices. Beijing Cancer Hospital and PUMCH anchor the city's oncology care for international patients.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Epilepsy causes recurrent seizures and is treated with medication — or, when two drugs have failed, evaluation for surgery or neurostimulation. Beijing Tiantan and Xuanwu hospitals run China's leading epilepsy surgery programs, with video-EEG and MRI evaluation typically arranged within a week.
Top hospital: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
A brain aneurysm is a weak bulge in a brain artery; unruptured aneurysms found on scans need expert judgment on whether to treat or monitor. Beijing Tiantan and Xuanwu hospitals treat thousands of aneurysms a year by coiling, stenting and microsurgical clipping — a written second opinion on your scan starts from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Trigeminal neuralgia causes sudden, severe electric-shock facial pain. When medication stops working, microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery offers the best long-term relief — and Beijing Tiantan Hospital performs it at among the highest volumes in the world.
Top hospital: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Most herniated discs improve without surgery; the hard questions are which ones won't, and whether an operation is being offered too early or too late. Beijing Jishuitan Hospital — China's leading orthopedic center — offers spine MRI from about $250 and written surgical second opinions from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Scoliosis — sideways curvature of the spine — ranges from mild curves needing only monitoring to severe deformity needing corrective surgery. Beijing's top spine deformity teams at Jishuitan and Peking University Third Hospital evaluate curves with full-spine imaging from about $250.
Top hospital: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Worn knee cartilage causes pain and stiffness that ladder up from exercise and injections to partial or total knee replacement. Beijing Jishuitan Hospital runs one of China's highest-volume joint replacement programs — knee MRI from about $250 and a written 'do I need a new knee?' opinion from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Hip pain from worn cartilage or osteonecrosis (bone death from lost blood supply) often ends in hip replacement — one of medicine's most successful operations. Beijing Jishuitan and China-Japan Friendship hospitals are national leaders, the latter famous specifically for osteonecrosis care.
Top hospital: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
A torn ACL destabilizes the knee; active patients usually need arthroscopic reconstruction. Peking University Third Hospital's Institute of Sports Medicine is China's national leader — team doctor to Olympic athletes — with knee MRI from about $250 to confirm the tear and plan surgery.
Top hospital: Peking University Third Hospital
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular heartbeat that raises stroke risk and saps energy; treatment spans blood thinners, rhythm drugs and catheter ablation. Beijing Anzhen Hospital runs one of the world's largest AF ablation programs, with full arrhythmia workups arranged within days.
Top hospital: Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Leaking or narrowed heart valves progress quietly until they don't; timing the repair or replacement — surgical or transcatheter (TAVR/mitral clip) — is everything. Fuwai and Anzhen hospitals offer the full spectrum at national-leading volumes, with echocardiography-based workups from about $250.
Top hospital: Fuwai Hospital
Aortic aneurysms enlarge silently and are managed by size-based surveillance until repair — open or stent-graft — is safer than waiting. Beijing Anzhen Hospital houses one of the world's most experienced aortic centers; acute dissection (sudden tearing chest pain) is a local emergency.
Top hospital: Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Lung cancer treatment now hinges on precise staging (PET-CT) and molecular testing that steer surgery, radiotherapy, targeted drugs or immunotherapy. Beijing Cancer Hospital offers the full pathway, with PET-CT from about $600 and China-priced targeted and PD-1 therapies.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Breast cancer treatment is tailored by subtype (hormone receptors, HER2) and stage — surgery, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, targeted and immune drugs in the right sequence. Beijing Cancer Hospital's breast center offers rapid one-stop workup and a written plan from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Colorectal cancer outcomes turn on stage and surgical quality, with chemotherapy, targeted drugs and immunotherapy (for MSI-high tumors) layered by risk. Beijing Cancer Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital offer rapid staging, expert surgery and written treatment plans from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Liver cancer (HCC) offers many tools — resection, ablation, transarterial therapies, targeted drugs, immunotherapy — and picking the right sequence for your liver function is the art. Chinese PLA General Hospital (301) and Beijing Cancer Hospital run nationally leading hepatobiliary programs.
Top hospital: Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital)
East Asia's high gastric cancer volumes made Beijing's centers world-class in exactly this disease — from endoscopic resection of early lesions to D2 gastrectomy and perioperative chemotherapy. Beijing Cancer Hospital's GI teams provide staging and a written plan from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
China treats more esophageal cancer than any country, and Beijing's thoracic teams reflect that experience — endoscopic resection for early disease, minimally invasive esophagectomy, chemoradiation and immunotherapy for the rest. Staging and a written plan start from $400.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Most thyroid nodules are benign, and many small papillary cancers grow so slowly that surveillance can beat surgery — the key is expert ultrasound, biopsy and judgment. PUMCH's thyroid teams are China's benchmark, with full evaluation typically from about $250.
Top hospital: Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
Prostate cancer spans harmless-if-watched to aggressive — so grading (MRI + biopsy) and honest risk stratification decide between active surveillance, surgery and radiotherapy. Peking University First Hospital's urology institute is China's historic leader, with prostate MRI from about $250.
Top hospital: Peking University First Hospital
Lymphomas — cancers of the immune system — range from curable-with-chemo Hodgkin disease to indolent types best watched; everything follows from precise pathology subtyping. Beijing Cancer Hospital's lymphoma unit and Peking University People's Hematology Institute are national leaders, with PET-CT staging from about $600.
Top hospital: Beijing Cancer Hospital
Cataract surgery — replacing the eye's clouded lens with an artificial one — is quick, safe and transformative, with lens choices (monofocal, toric, multifocal) shaping life afterwards. Beijing Tongren Hospital is China's most famous eye hospital, with evaluation from about $150.
Top hospital: Beijing Tongren Hospital
Glaucoma silently steals peripheral vision by damaging the optic nerve, usually from eye pressure; drops, laser and surgery can halt it but not restore what's lost — making early expert care decisive. Beijing Tongren Hospital runs China's leading glaucoma service.
Top hospital: Beijing Tongren Hospital
When diabetes stops behaving — brittle control, unclear type, or complications in eyes, kidneys, nerves or feet — a systematic endocrine workup changes the trajectory. PUMCH's endocrinology department is China's benchmark, with comprehensive evaluation typically arranged within days.
Top hospital: Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)