Last updated: 10 September 2026 · Content curated by Dr. Shabnam Choudhary · Medically reviewed by Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary
Quick Answer
Colectomy in Hyderabad is planned against $7,000–$18,000 and 5–10 nights in hospital — the India catalog band. There is no separate Hyderabad surgical tariff on this page.
The Hyderabad-specific saving is usually rent and food for the companion over two weeks, plus less time in a car between listed campuses.
- India cost range
- $7,000–$18,000
- Typical starting point
- $7,000
- Typical hospital stay
- 5–10 nights
- Procedure time
- approximately 2–4 hours
- Recovery
- Inpatient 5–10 nights, then hotel step-down. Varies by patient.
Major cost factors: type of colectomy, hospital category and campus tier, surgeon and multidisciplinary team, city and companion logistics. International patients should also budget for accommodation, airport transfers, a medical visa, medicines and follow-up.
Often quoted separately: staging endoscopy and imaging; neoadjuvant and adjuvant oncology; extra icu, leak management and re-operation; stoma supplies after discharge; blood products.
Why request a cost through GAF rather than a hospital?
Writing to one campus gets you that campus’s package. A GAF request is reviewed against your records and returned as suitable doctor and hospital options with an indicative, itemised estimate. There is no obligation to book.
- Doctor review first. The number follows a reading of your imaging, test results and clinical records, not a brochure range.
- Hospital options. You can compare listed campuses before you travel, instead of starting over with each international desk.
- International-patient coordination. Visa letters, records routing and companion logistics sit with the same request.
Colectomy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the city you pick when you want named colorectal-cancer surgery listings within a small map, affordable weeks in an apartment, and a second opinion on extent that does not require a new hotel.
Named catalog consultants currently include Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli and Dr. Rajesh Goud E at Yashoda Hi-Tech City, Dr. Sachin Marda and Dr. Sreehari Gowda at Yashoda Somajiguda, and at Apollo Jubilee Hills Dr. Asif Mehraj (hemicolectomy among a colorectal list) and Dr. Kishore V Alapati (consultant colorectal surgeon). That is a tighter triangle than NCR's scatter or Mumbai's harbour split.
Hyderabad's private oncology growth has been fast and geographically concentrated. Families notice that as shorter inter-hospital travel and as a decent supply of serviced flats. They should not confuse a compact corridor with an infinite consultant list — the catalog for colorectal cancer surgery in Hyderabad is real, Yashoda-weighted on the surgical-oncology side, and finite.
If your priority is the lowest living cost for a two-week recovery, Hyderabad often beats Mumbai and Gurugram before anyone opens a surgical estimate. If your priority is the largest number of parallel colorectal opinions, Delhi NCR still wins.
The compact map only helps if the letter names the site. Two Yashoda addresses and Apollo Jubilee Hills can share a city and still differ on who operates, whether laparoscopic access is offered, and which ward would take a leak.
A rectal tumour may be a colectomy or a rectal resection. Because campuses sit close, a family can take that second opinion without relocating. Use it before you lock a date. Neighbouring rectal cancer surgery is a different cost sheet.
Hyderabad is a reasonable city in which to pause after discharge without paying Mumbai rents. That pause is when early feeding is watched and a drain or stoma is reviewed. Families who fly home the morning after ward discharge often end up photographing a fever on a phone in another country.
English works at the international desks. Telugu is the ward language. The camera consult will be in English. Say if you need an interpreter on the ward at 2 a.m., not after admission.
The catalog here is Yashoda-weighted on the surgical-oncology side on purpose. Four named surgical oncologists at that house is a real list, not a metro-wide league table. Apollo Hospital Jubilee Hills adds surgical-gastroenterology colorectal names. Confirm the operating site and the person in theatre.
Apartment economics around Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and Gachibowli are why Hyderabad often undercuts Mumbai and Gurugram on the two-week total. The saving only exists if you sleep in that belt. An outer-ring hotel near Rajiv Gandhi International recreates Bengaluru's airport mistake once twice-daily visits start.
What colectomy typically costs in Hyderabad
Surgical estimates still split on surgeon, extent, nights, reconstruction, stoma and campus tier. Apollo Jubilee Hills and the Yashoda addresses should be compared as named operating sites.
Apartment rates around the hospital belt are the line that often makes Hyderabad the quieter total budget — if you sleep in that belt.
Because campuses sit relatively close, a family can take a listed second opinion on right versus left hemicolectomy, or colectomy versus a rectal resection, without a day of travel. Use that before you lock a date.
Yashoda-weighted surgical-oncology listings are a feature and a limit. You can meet several tagged surgical oncologists without changing cities. You cannot treat that as a pan-Hyderabad league table.
What moves the quote in Hyderabad
- Named Yashoda listings plus Apollo colorectal GI
- Several catalog surgical oncologists tagged to colorectal cancer surgery, plus hemicolectomy and colorectal-surgeon designations at Apollo Jubilee Hills. Confirm the operating site.
- Compact campus geography
- Jubilee Hills and Yashoda addresses. Second opinions are easier than in NCR; sprawling choice is not.
- Apartment economics
- Typically kinder than Mumbai or Gurugram for a two-week companion stay.
- Airport road
- 45 to 70 minutes. Rest on arrival. Do not sleep at the airport end for ward visits.
- Rectal tumours versus colectomy
- Some rectal cancers are rectal resections. That is a neighbouring sheet. Ask before you compare two 'colectomy' letters.
Medical travel through Hyderabad
RGIA to the hospital belt is a planned transfer, not a hop. Same-week theatre after a long-haul landing is unwise before a two-to-four-hour resection.
If you might stay for adjuvant chemotherapy, say so in the first invitation request.
English works at the international desks. Telugu is the ward language.
Outer-ring hotels advertise airport convenience and fail ward logistics. Stay in Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills or Gachibowli.
Hospitals and units listed in Hyderabad
Listed Hyderabad campuses on the surgical-oncology pathway include Apollo Hospital Jubilee Hills, Yashoda Hospitals Hi-Tech City and Yashoda Hospitals Somajiguda. Named colorectal-cancer surgery consultants currently sit at Yashoda and Apollo Jubilee Hills. Read accreditation on each profile as published.
Two Yashoda addresses are not automatically the same quote, surgeon or ward. Confirm the operating site on the letter.
Doctor cards below are Hyderabad-filtered from the catalog, not a ranking.
Colectomy doctors in Hyderabad · Colectomy hospitals in Hyderabad · Colectomy cost in India
What is a colectomy?
A colectomy is surgical removal of part or all of the colon, the large intestine that receives contents from the small bowel, absorbs water and stores stool before it reaches the rectum. In cancer care it is done to take out the tumour with a margin of bowel and, where indicated, regional lymph nodes, then restore a path from remaining bowel to remaining bowel — or, when a join is not honest, to form a stoma.
Right hemicolectomy removes the ascending colon. Left hemicolectomy removes the descending colon. Sigmoid colectomy removes the sigmoid. Subtotal colectomy leaves a small remnant; total colectomy removes the entire colon. Proctocolectomy, when used, also takes the rectum. Reconstruction — ileocolic or colorectal anastomosis, and a stoma in selected cases — is why the join, not only the incision, dominates recovery.
Lymph-node assessment is part of staging and local control when the indication is cancer. Multidisciplinary care — surgical oncology, colorectal surgery, gastroenterology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, pathology, nutrition, stoma nursing, anaesthesia and critical care — frames whether surgery is even the next step.
The exact operation depends on disease location, tumour size, cancer stage, bowel involvement, whether the case is emergency or planned, previous treatment and the surgeon's assessment. GAF Healthcare does not decide on this page whether resection is appropriate. Treatment plans are determined by qualified doctors after evaluation. Quotes may change if the surgical plan changes.
When is colectomy performed?
Colectomy may be considered for selected colon cancers and colorectal cancers when staging suggests resection can be completed with acceptable risk; for large or complicated polyps that cannot be removed endoscopically; for selected inflammatory-bowel disease; for complicated diverticular disease; and for obstruction or perforation when the treating team judges removal necessary. It is not the first or only treatment for every colon cancer.
Not every colon cancer patient requires the same colectomy. Early lesions may be discussed for endoscopic resection. Metastatic disease is often a systemic-therapy conversation first. Rectal tumours are often a different operation. Fitness, nutrition and whether the case is an emergency all feed the decision.
This page does not diagnose and does not recommend colectomy, endoscopic therapy or non-operative care for an individual patient. Eligibility depends on the underlying condition, stage, previous treatment and clinical assessment.
How the operation is performed, recovery and variations →
Colectomy cost in India
There is no single colectomy price in India. The $7,000–$18,000 band is a planning range for a colonic resection — theatre, anaesthesia, the named surgeon's fee, the quoted room, routine inpatient drugs, ICU as written into the estimate, and histopathology. The lower end typically reflects a straightforward right or sigmoid colectomy at a mid-tier NABH campus with an uncomplicated course toward the shorter end of 5–10 nights. The upper end typically reflects a flagship JCI campus, a senior colorectal or GI surgical oncologist, a subtotal or total colectomy, laparoscopic or robotic access where used, a private room, a stoma if planned, and a stay toward 10 nights.
Treat that band as an order of magnitude until a surgeon who actually resects colon has seen colonoscopy, staging CT, biopsy, and whether emergency obstruction or perforation has already changed the plan. Same procedure name is not the same surgical plan. Right is not left. Open is not laparoscopic. A primary anastomosis is not a stoma. A letter written for one is not a letter written for another.
City is a weaker driver than families expect. Campus tier, named high-dependency nights, whether stoma teaching and appliances are bundled, and whether the join is ileocolic or colorectal move the bill more than the metro name. An itemised estimate can only be written once a surgeon has read the file. GAF Healthcare matches centres that already run colorectal lists — that is a matching rule, not a ranking of hospitals.
What moves the number most is extent (right or left hemicolectomy, sigmoid, subtotal or total), whether a stoma is formed, open versus minimally invasive access, leak or ileus that extends stay, campus tier, the named consultant, and whether chemotherapy or radiation sits in the same trip. International patients should budget the weeks around the knife — not only the theatre block.
Colectomy cost breakdown in India
Component prices are rarely published as a public tariff. The lines below describe what typically sits inside a surgical estimate, not a dollar amount for each row.
- Surgeon fee and surgical team
- Usually bundled for the named surgical oncologist or surgical gastroenterologist. Confirm who is in theatre. A colorectal listing is not automatically a robotic sitting.
- Hospital and operating-room charges
- Theatre time, staplers, energy devices and recovery. Laparoscopic or robotic access, when used, lengthens or reprices this block. Campus tier moves this line more than the city name.
- Anaesthesia
- Anaesthetist fee and drugs for a case lasting typically two to four hours. Cardiopulmonary comorbidity may add a pre-operative clearance billed outside.
- ICU and critical-care monitoring
- Early high-dependency or ICU care may be used after a long sitting, obstruction, or comorbidity. Nights inside the quoted stay may be bundled; extra days after a leak, ileus or pneumonia are typically extra.
- Diagnostic investigations
- Standard bloods and ECG are often inside the admission. Colonoscopy, biopsy, CT, MRI and PET-CT are frequently extra if not already done at home.
- Pathology
- Processing of the specimen and lymph nodes. Mismatch-repair, RAS and other assays, when ordered, are often billed later.
- Medicines, nutrition and stoma care
- Inpatient analgesia, antibiotics, DVT prophylaxis and routine drugs during the quoted stay. Stoma appliances after discharge and dietitian follow-up are frequently extra. This page does not set a diet.
- Room charges and nursing
- Written against a room category and a stated number of nights — typically 5–10 nights. Companion beds change the nightly rate.
- Postoperative care and follow-up
- Inpatient bowel-function monitoring, wound care and the first clinic review before you fly are commonly included. Later colonoscopy, oncology visits and stoma-nurse follow-up are typically separate.
Planning range or quotation?
The $7,000–$18,000 figure is an indicative planning range. A final hospital quotation is itemised, issued after a consultant reviews your records, and still subject to what is found clinically.
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What is usually included in a Colectomy package?
No two hospitals draw the line in the same place, so read an estimate for what it excludes as carefully as for what it covers. The pattern below is what listed campuses typically bundle into a surgical estimate for this procedure. Anything not written into your estimate should be assumed to be extra until the hospital confirms otherwise.
Usually included
Usually included
Consultation that leads into the admission
The in-person pre-operative review with the named surgeon, where bundled. Remote review before travel is arranged separately.
Usually included
Surgery by the named consultant
The resection and reconstruction as written on the estimate — not an unnamed robotic sitting or a total colectomy unless the letter says so.
Usually included
Anaesthesia and operating room
The anaesthesia team, theatre time, standard consumables and recovery for the scheduled case.
Usually included
Hospital stay as quoted
Bed charges, nursing and routine ward care for the room category and nights written into the estimate — typically 5–10 nights, including ICU nights if the letter names them.
Usually included
Routine tests
Standard bloods, ECG and anaesthetic fitness assessment, where bundled.
Usually included
Pathology of the specimen
Processing of the resected colon and sampled nodes, where histopathology is bundled.
Usually included
Medicines during admission
Analgesia, antibiotics and routine drugs administered during the quoted stay.
May be charged separately
May be separate
Staging endoscopy and imaging
Colonoscopy, biopsy, CT, MRI and PET-CT are frequently extra when ordered in India.
May be separate
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant oncology
Chemotherapy, chemoradiation, radiotherapy and later systemic therapy are neighbouring quotes.
May be separate
Extra ICU, leak management and re-operation
Nights and theatre beyond the quoted stay, including treatment of anastomotic leak, are typically a new event.
May be separate
Stoma supplies after discharge
Appliances, belts and stoma-nurse visits after you leave the ward are often extra. A later reversal is a separate estimate.
May be separate
Blood products
Transfusion, when required, is commonly billed per unit.
May be separate
Molecular pathology
Mismatch-repair, RAS, BRAF and other assays, when ordered, are frequently extra.
May be separate
Rehabilitation and later endoscopy
Physiotherapy after discharge and surveillance colonoscopy are typically separate visits.
May be separate
Travel, accommodation and visa-related expenses
Flights, medical visa fees, hotel after discharge, local transport and companion living costs sit outside every hospital estimate.
Catalog inclusions listed for this pathway: surgical oncology consultation and records review; named surgeon on camera before travel; theatre, anaesthesia and inpatient stay as quoted; histopathology of the specimen; discharge summary to your home oncologist.
What can increase the cost?
These are the drivers that actually move a bill for this operation, in rough order of how often they do it. Most of them are clinical decisions rather than commercial ones, which is why an honest estimate is written after a records review rather than before it.
- Type of colectomy
- Right or left hemicolectomy, sigmoid, transverse, subtotal and total resections are different sittings. Extent follows disease location, not a brochure upgrade.
- Hospital category and campus tier
- Flagship versus satellite units sit at different price levels. Ask which address, and which ICU, the letter is written against.
- Surgeon and multidisciplinary team
- The estimate should name the consultant. Colorectal surgical oncology and surgical-gastroenterology lists are billed differently. That is not a ranking.
- City and companion logistics
- Surgical fees cluster more tightly across the five metros than hotel bills for ten days. City choice matters most after discharge.
- Open versus minimally invasive surgery
- Laparoscopic access, when offered, changes theatre time and consumables. No separate GAF sheet — ask whether it is actually available that week.
- Robotic assistance
- Robotic-assisted colectomy, where clinically offered, is a different resource envelope. There is no separate GAF robotic-colectomy tariff.
- Disease location and cancer stage
- Right-sided, left-sided, sigmoid and rectal disease change reconstruction and whether the case is a colectomy or a rectal resection. Complexity is why two patients with the same diagnosis receive different letters.
- Reconstruction and anastomosis
- Ileocolic, colorectal and coloanal joins are different anastomoses. The letter should name the planned reconstruction.
- Lymph-node surgery
- Oncologic colectomy usually includes regional nodes. Extent follows staging and the team's protocol, not a price list.
- Stoma requirements
- A temporary or permanent stoma, when used, adds theatre, teaching, appliances and sometimes a later reversal. Ask whether those lines are inside the letter.
- Preoperative investigations
- Colonoscopy, CT and PET-CT where indicated sit outside $7,000–$18,000 unless named. Home tests can often be reviewed rather than repeated.
- ICU requirement and length of stay
- Packages are written for 5–10 nights, including some high-dependency care if named. Extra nights after a leak, ileus or pneumonia are usually billed fresh.
- Complications
- Anastomotic leak, bleeding, ileus, wound infection and re-operation are new events unless the contract says otherwise.
- Additional cancer treatment
- Neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation in selected rectal-adjacent settings, and later colonoscopy sit outside the surgical estimate.
Types of colectomy and their cost implications
Extent is chosen to clear the disease with a margin and restore a usable bowel passage, not to sell a named operation. GAF Healthcare publishes a planning range only where a cost sheet already exists. The rows below describe relative complexity. They are not a menu of add-on prices, and none is universally better.
Selection depends on disease location, size, stage, whether the case is emergency or planned, previous treatment, anatomy and the reconstructive plan. This page does not recommend hemicolectomy, total colectomy, laparoscopic or robotic surgery for an individual patient.
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| Approach | Relative complexity | GAF planning range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hemicolectomy | Ascending colon and typically the last part of the small bowel; ileocolic join | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Common when disease sits in the caecum or ascending colon. Reconstruction is usually an ileocolic anastomosis. No separate GAF sheet — relative complexity within $7,000–$18,000. |
| Left hemicolectomy | Descending colon; remaining bowel joined further down | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Used when disease sits in the descending colon. Different vessels, different join. No separate GAF price. |
| Sigmoid colectomy | Sigmoid colon removed; colorectal anastomosis where possible | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Often discussed for sigmoid tumours or selected complicated diverticular disease. A low join is not the same leak map as a right-sided join. |
| Transverse or segmental colectomy | A limited segment when location and margins allow | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Sometimes used for selected lesions confined to one segment. Suitability is a clinical decision, not a cheaper product option. |
| Subtotal or total colectomy | Most or all of the colon removed | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Discussed when disease is extensive, when remaining colon would not be honest, or in selected inflammatory-bowel settings. Longer sitting. No separate GAF sheet. |
| Proctocolectomy where relevant | Colon and rectum removed in selected cases | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | A different operation from a standard colectomy. Reconstruction or a permanent stoma depends on the remaining anus and the disease. Neighbouring rectal surgery may apply. |
| Laparoscopic colectomy | Same oncological jobs through ports when offered | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Theatre and stapler costs can sit toward the upper part of the band. Availability is a diary question. Not automatically better, and not priced as a separate GAF sheet. |
| Robotic-assisted colectomy | Where offered — different resource envelope | No separate GAF sheetRelative complexity only | Not universally available and not priced as a separate GAF colectomy sheet. Ask whether it is actually offered for your tumour that week. |
| Rectal cancer surgery when the tumour is rectal | Different operation — neighbouring sheet | $8,000–$20,000Catalog planning range | Tumours of the rectum are often treated as rectal resections (TME, LAR, APR) rather than colectomy. That is a different cost sheet, not a colectomy add-on. |
Planning ranges appear only where GAF Healthcare already publishes a cost sheet for that operation. Other rows describe relative clinical complexity and should not be read as prices.
Colectomy cost: India vs other medical tourism destinations
The table below is a planning comparison for colectomy as a surgical episode, not a claim that every country uses the same extent or bundles stoma care the same way. India and United States figures come from the GAF Healthcare catalog. Other markets are modelled from the India midpoint using relative private-care cost levels, and are labelled as indicative planning estimates — not hospital quotations.
India is often less expensive for a self-funding patient. That is not the same as 'always cheapest' or 'best'. Insurance coverage at home can reverse the arithmetic overnight. Hospital, surgeon, type of colectomy, surgical approach, disease complexity, reconstruction, stoma, ICU, length of stay, oncology treatment and what the package includes still decide the real bill in every country.
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| Country | Approximate cost | Relative cost position | Important cost considerations |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | $7,000–$18,000 | Baseline | Catalog planning range. Named colorectal-surgery listings can be met on camera before travel. Listed consultants currently sit in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. |
| Turkey | $12,500–$22,500Indicative planning estimate* | ≈1.4× India | Packaged medical-travel market. Verify whether ICU nights, leak management, colonoscopy, PET-CT, neoadjuvant drugs and stoma supplies are inside the bundle. |
| Thailand | $15,000–$27,500Indicative planning estimate* | ≈1.7× India | Private-hospital tourism. Established international desks; ICU extras and oncology drugs can sit well above India. |
| United Arab Emirates | $25,000–$42,500Indicative planning estimate* | ≈2.7× India | Regional premium private care. Short flights from much of Africa and West Asia; private oncology pricing is closer to Western self-pay. |
| Singapore | $32,500–$55,000Indicative planning estimate* | ≈3.5× India | High-cost private hub. Mature multidisciplinary process at premium private tariffs. Local subsidised and international private bills differ. |
| Germany | $27,500–$52,500Indicative planning estimate* | ≈3.2× India | Certified European colorectal units. Structured MDT process and longer inpatient norms; self-pay deposits are typical for visitors. |
| United Kingdom | $22,500–$42,500Indicative planning estimate* | ≈2.6× India | Private self-pay (NHS generally not for visitors). NHS care is not available to most overseas visitors. Private self-pay applies; neoadjuvant treatment is quoted separately. |
| United States | $30,000–$70,000 | ≈4× India | Highest self-pay outlier. Facility, surgeon, ICU, pathology and later oncology bills often arrive separately. Compare against actual insurance liability. |
*Figures other than India and the United States are modelled planning estimates scaled from the India catalog band, not hospital quotations. International treatment costs vary by hospital, surgeon, type of colectomy, surgical approach, disease complexity, reconstruction, stoma requirements, length of stay, ICU requirements, oncology treatment and what is included in the package. These figures are intended for preliminary comparison only and are not final quotations. Figures other than India and the United States are modelled planning estimates. They are not GAF quotations and not competitor quotes reproduced as ours.
The point of this table is not that one country is better. Cost level and treatment-market structure are different things. Compare the named hospital, multidisciplinary support, included care and follow-up pathway as carefully as the headline figure.
Which destination is right for you?
Use this only as a reading guide for the table above. It is not a medical recommendation, and it does not rank countries.
Looking for the lowest overall treatment cost?
IndiaLooking for premium private hospital infrastructure?
Singapore / UAELooking for proximity from the Middle East?
UAE / India / TurkeyLooking for established European oncology systems?
Germany / UK
Why do international patients consider India for colectomy?
International patients consider India for colectomy when they are self-funding a colonic resection, when they want a named colorectal or GI surgical oncologist before they fly, and when they need staging, neoadjuvant treatment if used, and leak-aware postoperative care in the same city.
Cost is the most visible reason. The catalog range $7,000–$18,000 sits well below typical US cash-pay of $30,000–$70,000, because theatre, ward and consultant time are priced on a different cost base — not because the operation is a lesser product by definition. Several listed metros can hold an MDT conversation in one week. English is the working language of most international desks. Laparoscopic and robotic access are offered in some listed houses; availability is a diary question.
None of that means India is the right country for every patient, and none of it is a claim of 'best colorectal surgeons in the world', guaranteed leak-free recovery or 'cheapest in the world'. Someone whose insurance covers the pathway at home, who cannot stay for two weeks, or whose staging shows resection is not honest, may be better treated locally.
Hospitals to consider for Colectomy in Hyderabad, India
Campuses on GAF Healthcare where this surgical-oncology pathway is listed, with accreditation as published by the hospital. Listing with the procedure family is not a claim of colectomy volume or a ranking. Choose on the surgeon you met on camera, whether the house runs colorectal lists, and whether staging and neoadjuvant treatment can stay in the same city — not on a brand slogan.
Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
JCI Accredited
NABH Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
2 listed doctors for this pathway
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
Yashoda Hospitals, Hi-Tech City
- JCI Accredited
- NABH Accredited
NABL Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
2 listed doctors for this pathway
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
Yashoda Hospitals, Somajiguda
- JCI Accredited
- NABH Accredited
- NABL Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
2 listed doctors for this pathway
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad
- JCI Accredited
- NABH Accredited
- NABL Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
Consultant match on request
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad
- JCI Accredited
- NABH Accredited
- NABL Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
Consultant match on request
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur
- JCI Accredited
- NABH Accredited
- NABL Accredited
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
Consultant match on request
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
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Doctors to consider for Colectomy in Hyderabad, India
These are consultants listed on GAF Healthcare whose catalog procedures include colorectal cancer surgery, colectomy or hemicolectomy. Profiles show training, campus and procedures as held in the catalog. There are no rankings here, and no fee is paid for placement. Named listings currently sit in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Dr. Asif Mehraj
Surgical Gastroenterology
15+ years Experience
Colorectal Cancer (Operable) · Colorectal Resection · Low Anterior Resection (LAR
English, Telugu, Hindi
Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli
Surgical Oncology
23+ Years Experience
Cervical Cancer Surgery · Ovarian Cancer Surgery · Endometrial Cancer Surgery
English, Telugu, Hindi
Dr. Kishore V Alapati
Surgical Gastroenterology
18+ years Experience
Liver Transplantation · Liver Resection (Hepatectomy) · Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectom…
English, Telugu, Hindi
Dr. Rajesh Goud E
Surgical Oncology
16+ Years Experience
Breast Cancer Surgery · Breast-Conserving Surgery · Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
English, Telugu, Hindi
Dr. Sachin Marda
Surgical Oncology
19+ Years Experience
Breast-Conserving Surgery · Breast Cancer Surgery · Mastectomy
English, Telugu, Hindi
Dr. Sreehari Gowda
Surgical Oncology
10+ Years Experience
Breast-Conserving Surgery · Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy · Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
English, Telugu, Hindi
Colectomy doctors in Hyderabad (6 listed) · Get a personalized cost estimate
Colectomy cost by city in India
City names below are working filter URLs — the same destination, city, specialty and procedure keys the rest of the site already uses. Open Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai or Hyderabad for the city overlay and the filtered doctor and hospital cards.
We do not invent a different surgical tariff for each metro. The approximate cost column uses the India planning band of $7,000–$18,000 unless a researched city figure exists. What does change is the named consultant list, hospital geography, airport access and how expensive a ten-day companion stay actually feels.
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Delhi NCR
$7,000–$18,000
India planning band — not a city quote
Typical stay 5–10 nights
Ask which NCR campus the letter is written against, how many high-dependency nights are named, and whether a stoma — if possible — is actually priced including appliances. Campus tier inside NCR moves the letter more than the city label.
15 hospitals · 15 doctors
Mumbai
$7,000–$18,000
India planning band — not a city quote
Typical stay 5–10 nights
Surgical estimates sit on the national band. The Mumbai-specific extra is usually the hotel for two weeks and the harbour commute — among the highest companion costs of the five cities.
5 hospitals · 3 doctors
Bengaluru
$7,000–$18,000
India planning band — not a city quote
Typical stay 5–10 nights
Serviced apartments near the southern campuses often undercut Mumbai or Gurugram hotel rates over a two-week recovery, which can change the total trip more than any small difference in surgical fee.
3 hospitals · 1 doctor
Chennai
$7,000–$18,000
India planning band — not a city quote
Typical stay 5–10 nights
Ask whether the international desk handles visa extensions in-house. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus resection plus an extra week often outlasts a short visa window.
5 hospitals · 2 doctors
Hyderabad
$7,000–$18,000
India planning band — not a city quote
Typical stay 5–10 nights
Extended-stay accommodation is generally more affordable than in Mumbai or NCR, which often changes the total trip more than any difference in surgical fee — especially across 5–10 nights plus hotel step-down.
6 hospitals · 6 doctors
Costs vary considerably by hospital, specialist, clinical complexity, insurance, room or day-care category, and what is included in the package.
Choosing a city for colectomy
Patients usually pick the treating team first and the city second. The city still affects daily travel, accommodation, companion arrangements and access to follow-up. Here is what genuinely differs between the five cities we list.
What should international patients budget beyond the surgery?
The surgical estimate is only one line in a medical-travel budget. Procedure cost is not total medical travel cost. Staging, neoadjuvant therapy, extra ICU, stoma supplies, hotel after discharge, flights and a companion who can stay are the rest of the trip.
Ask the coordinator to quote each stage separately. Do not invent flight or hotel prices from this page. Add your own numbers: surgery + quoted stay including named ICU nights + staging tests + drugs/radiation if in India + stoma appliances if used + flights + visa + hotel nights × rate + local transport + attendant costs + a contingency for extra nights or leak days.
- Staging and cardiopulmonary work-up
- Colonoscopy, biopsy, CT, PET-CT where indicated, bloods, nutrition. Often extra if done in India.
- Neoadjuvant treatment, if used
- Chemotherapy before surgery in selected settings. Neighbouring cost sheet. Can add weeks in the city.
- The operation
- Resection, anastomosis or stoma, anaesthesia, ICU as quoted, 5–10 nights and pathology. This is the $7,000–$18,000 line when the letter matches that scope.
- Extra ICU, leak care, ileus, nutrition
- Beyond the quoted nights. Ask what happens if hospitalization is extended.
- Stoma supplies and teaching
- If a stoma is formed. Appliances after discharge and a later reversal are usually separate.
- Adjuvant oncology
- Further drugs or, in selected settings, radiation if pathology and the MDT advise it.
- Flights and visa
- Patient and attendant. Medical visa duration should cover a possible extra week. Issuance is not guaranteed.
- Accommodation after discharge
- Hotel or apartment near the campus until the surgeon is content you can fly.
- Treatment episode$7,000–$18,000
- Pre-operative testsOften inside the estimate — confirm
- Hospital stay5–10 nights typically bundled
- Additional procedures or extended careQuoted separately if advised
- Accommodation for companionVaries by city and length of stay
- Local transportationAirport and daily hospital transfers
- FlightsDepends on origin
- Medical visaFee set by the issuing consulate
Planning estimate — not a hospital quotation.
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What does medical travel for colectomy in India involve?
The sequence below is how a records-first pathway normally runs. The order matters: everything before arrival exists so that you are not making decisions in an unfamiliar hospital corridor with a suitcase beside you.
Submit medical records
Colonoscopy report, biopsy, CT/PET-CT, a note on bowel habit and weight, and a medicine list.
Imaging and pathology review
A surgeon who resects colon reads the actual films and histology, not a coordinator's paraphrase.
Specialist assessment
On camera: whether resection, neoadjuvant treatment first, endoscopic therapy, or a non-operative path is the honest next step.
Multidisciplinary planning
Where appropriate, surgical, medical and radiation oncology agree sequence before a date is offered.
Preliminary treatment plan and cost estimate
An itemised surgical letter. Segment, reconstruction or stoma, ICU nights, drugs and radiation quoted separately if in view.
Hospital selection
Compare the surgeon you met, whether the campus runs colorectal lists, and how long a companion can stay in that city.
Travel planning
A hospital invitation typically supports a medical visa. Write duration for 5–10 nights plus hotel recovery. Visa issuance is not guaranteed.
Hospital admission
Usually a day or two before theatre after in-person examination, bowel preparation if advised, and any missing tests.
Surgery
Two to four hours depending on extent. Combined liver resection or emergency obstruction, if needed, lengthens the sitting.
Postoperative recovery
Ward or high-dependency across 5–10 nights. Extra nights are a clinical decision, not a package failure.
Pathology and further treatment
Specimen results feed adjuvant planning. Do not fly before that conversation if further treatment in India is likely.
Follow-up and return-home planning
Operative note, pathology, stoma plan if used, and a written handover. Fly when the named surgeon is content.
Documents to prepare
- Colonoscopy report and images, plus the biopsy histopathology
- CT chest and abdomen, and PET-CT or MRI if already done
- Stoma or stent notes if either has already been formed
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy summary if treatment has started
- Weight trend, bowel-habit history, and current nutrition
- Cardiac and pulmonary test results, if available
- Current medication list, allergies, and smoking/alcohol history
- Passport, and a hospital invitation letter for the medical visa application
Clinical detail
How the operation is performed
Pre-operative assessment confirms staging, cardiopulmonary fitness, nutrition and the planned reconstruction or stoma. Anaesthesia is general.
Surgical access may be an open incision or laparoscopic or robotic ports when the team offers them. The diseased segment is identified and removed. Lymph nodes are taken according to the protocol when cancer is the indication. Remaining bowel is joined, or a stoma is formed when a join is not honest.
You wake on a ward or in high-dependency care. Bowel function, wounds and, if present, the stoma are watched. Pathology of the specimen arrives days later and feeds the next oncology conversation. Exact steps differ by approach and segment; this page does not describe graphic operative detail.
Main variations
- Ileocolic anastomosis
- Small bowel joined to remaining colon after a right-sided resection, when anatomy allows. A different leak map from a low colorectal join.
- Colorectal anastomosis
- Remaining colon joined to rectum after a left-sided or sigmoid resection. Should be named on the letter if planned.
- Stoma — temporary or permanent
- An opening of bowel onto the abdominal wall when a join is unsafe, when the remaining anus cannot be used, or as a diversion to protect a low anastomosis. Not required for every colectomy. Appliances after discharge are often extra. A later reversal is a separate estimate.
- Open versus laparoscopic versus robotic access
- Ports instead of, or in addition to, an open incision when the team offers it. Oncological goals remain resection and reconstruction. Availability is not implied by a brand name. None is universally better. Emergency obstruction or dense scarring may still mean an open sitting.
Preparation
Expect colonoscopy with biopsy, CT of chest and abdomen, and MRI or PET-CT when indicated. Bloods, nutrition review and anaesthetic assessment come next. Home investigations can often be reviewed rather than repeated.
If neoadjuvant chemotherapy is already under way, bring the protocol, dates and the latest imaging. Bowel-habit change, weight trend and whether you have already needed a stent or stoma belong in the file.
Arrive with enough days before theatre for anaesthetic review and, if a stoma is possible, a marking and teaching visit. Do not book a same-week international flight after a long-haul landing into a two-to-four-hour resection.
Hospital stay and recovery
Hospital stay is typically 5–10 nights. Early days watch bowel function, the anastomosis or stoma, and nutrition. Oral intake is advanced under clinical guidance. This page does not set a diet or a discharge date.
Anastomotic leak, ileus, bleeding, wound infection and respiratory complications are among the problems that extend stay. Complication risk varies with fitness, disease, whether the case was emergency, and surgical complexity. Individual percentages are not published here.
Pathology review decides adjuvant treatment. International patients often need further hotel days after discharge before a long-haul flight. Ranges on this page are not promises of recovery time. Individual recovery varies.
How to compare Colectomy quotes from Indian hospitals
Print these and work through them on the video call. A house that answers without hedging is telling you something useful about how it will behave when something goes wrong.
- Is the surgeon's fee included, and is the person on this call the person in theatre?
- Is this a right or left hemicolectomy, sigmoid, subtotal or total colectomy — and is that named on the letter?
- How is the bowel reconstructed — ileocolic anastomosis, colorectal anastomosis, or a stoma?
- If a stoma is possible, are marking, teaching and appliances included? Is a later reversal quoted?
- Is the approach open, laparoscopic or robotic-assisted, and is that named?
- Is lymph-node dissection included?
- How many ICU or high-dependency nights are included, and what happens if I need more?
- Are operating-room staplers and consumables included?
- Is anaesthesia included for a two-to-four-hour case?
- Are colonoscopy, CT, PET-CT and cardiopulmonary tests included?
- Is pathology of the specimen included? Mismatch-repair and other molecular tests?
- How many hospital nights and which room category?
- What happens if an anastomotic leak, ileus or extra hospitalization occurs?
- Is neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy included? Radiation?
- Is follow-up before I fly included?
Why your final Colectomy cost may be different
The figure on this page is a planning range. The figure on a hospital letter is an estimate written against a named segment, a named surgeon, a stated number of nights, and a reconstruction or stoma plan. Those two documents are not supposed to match to the dollar.
The procedure name alone does not define the surgical plan. Cost may change because of right versus left hemicolectomy, partial versus extensive resection, open versus minimally invasive or robotic access, tumour location, stage, reconstruction, stoma, lymph-node fields, neoadjuvant treatment, ICU, pathology, extra nights and complications.
If two hospitals quote different numbers, read the line items before you assume one is overcharging. One letter may include named high-dependency nights and stoma teaching; the other may bill them later. One may be a flagship campus; the other a satellite. Higher cost is not a measure of better treatment.
Frequently asked questions
How much does colectomy cost in Hyderabad?
Plan against $7,000–$18,000 for resection, reconstruction and quoted stay. Hyderabad does not have a separate verified city tariff on this page. Living costs are often lower than Mumbai or NCR.
Is Hyderabad cheaper than Delhi for colectomy?
The surgical planning band is the same national range. Hyderabad is often cheaper to live in during a two-week recovery. Compare itemised hospital letters, not city stereotypes.
Which Hyderabad doctors are listed for colorectal cancer surgery?
Named catalog listings currently include surgical oncologists at Yashoda and surgical gastroenterology at Apollo Jubilee Hills. Meet the person who would operate. Placement is not a ranking.
Can I visit more than one hospital without changing hotels?
Often yes. Stay in Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills or Gachibowli rather than at the airport.
Should we wait in Hyderabad after discharge?
Often practical, because apartments are relatively affordable and campuses sit close. Fly when the named surgeon is content, not when the ticket is cheapest.
Are all Yashoda addresses the same colectomy quote?
No. Hi-Tech City, Somajiguda and other sites can differ on who operates and which ward would take a leak. The operating address belongs on the letter.
What is the cost of colectomy in India?
Plan against $7,000–$18,000 for the resection, reconstruction or stoma as quoted, anaesthesia, stay of 5–10 nights and specimen pathology. Typical US self-pay is $30,000–$70,000. The final figure is an itemised hospital estimate after a surgeon reviews colonoscopy and staging. Oncology drugs and extra leak days are usually separate.
What is the cost of colectomy in Delhi NCR?
Delhi NCR inherits the India planning range of $7,000–$18,000. There is no separate verified NCR tariff on this site. Campus tier, extent and ICU course move the letter more than the city name.
How much does colon cancer surgery cost in India?
When the operation is colectomy, plan against $7,000–$18,000 for the surgical episode. Colon cancer treatment can also include chemotherapy, radiation in selected settings, colonoscopy and surveillance — neighbouring quotes unless a letter combines them. Rectal tumours are often a different operation.
What is included in the cost of colectomy?
A typical surgical estimate covers the named surgeon, anaesthesia, theatre, quoted ward or ICU nights, routine inpatient medicines and specimen pathology. Confirm staplers, stoma appliances, extra ICU, colonoscopy and drugs.
What is the difference between right and left hemicolectomy?
Right hemicolectomy removes the ascending colon and usually joins small bowel to remaining colon. Left hemicolectomy removes the descending colon. Location of disease decides which, not a price list. Neither is universally better.
What is the difference between partial and total colectomy?
Partial or segmental resections leave most of the colon. Total colectomy removes the entire colon. Extent follows how much bowel is involved. A total resection is a different sitting and a different letter.
Does laparoscopic colectomy cost more?
It can, because of theatre time and consumables, but GAF Healthcare does not publish a separate laparoscopic-colectomy tariff. Ask whether laparoscopic access is actually offered for your disease and how that changes the itemised letter.
Does robotic colectomy cost more?
Robotic assistance, where offered, is a different resource envelope. There is no separate GAF robotic-colectomy price. Do not treat a neighbouring robotics sheet as this operation's quote.
How long is hospital stay after colectomy?
Typically 5–10 nights on this sheet. Leaks, ileus or stoma problems extend that. This page does not promise a discharge date.
How long should an international patient stay in India?
Plan the inpatient 5–10 nights plus further hotel days until the named surgeon is content you can fly — often around two weeks in country for an uncomplicated course, longer if neoadjuvant treatment or a leak occurs.
What tests are needed before colectomy?
The actual work-up depends on the patient and plan. Commonly: colonoscopy with biopsy, CT, MRI or PET-CT where indicated, bloods, and nutrition and anaesthesia assessment. Home tests can often be reviewed rather than repeated.
Is a stoma always required after colectomy?
No. Many planned colectomies are completed with a primary anastomosis. A temporary or permanent stoma may be used when a join is unsafe, in emergency obstruction, or when remaining bowel cannot be joined honestly. Suitability is a clinical decision.
Does colectomy require chemotherapy?
Sometimes, before or after surgery, depending on type, stage and MDT assessment. Those treatments are separate estimates. This page does not prescribe a sequence.
Does colectomy require radiation therapy?
Radiation is more often discussed for selected rectal cancers than for a standard colon resection. Suitability is a clinical decision after staging. Radiation is a neighbouring quote.
How do I choose a colorectal surgeon?
Use listed consultants whose catalog procedures include colorectal cancer surgery or colectomy, compare training and campus on the profile, and insist on speaking to the person who would operate. Placement is not a league table.
How do I choose a hospital for colon cancer surgery?
Start with the surgeon you can meet on camera, then the campus where that surgeon actually operates, whether ICU has managed anastomotic leaks, and whether chemotherapy — if needed — can stay in the same city. There is no ranking here.
What costs may be excluded from a colectomy package?
Often: colonoscopy, CT, PET-CT, neoadjuvant drugs, radiation, extra ICU, leak management, stoma appliances after discharge, molecular tests, hotel, flights and visa-related expenses. Read the exclusions as carefully as the inclusions.
How do I compare colectomy quotations?
Line by line: surgeon, segment (right versus left versus total), reconstruction or stoma, approach, ICU nights, staplers, pathology, extra-night and leak policy, colonoscopy, chemotherapy and radiation. Same procedure name is not the same surgical plan.
Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.
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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
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Planning your colectomy treatment in India
Colectomy in India is typically planned in the $7,000–$18,000 band for the resection, reconstruction or stoma as quoted, and the inpatient stay, against $30,000–$70,000 self-pay in the United States. The variables that actually move that band are extent, reconstruction, stoma, approach, campus tier, the named surgeon and whether chemotherapy or radiation is completed in the same trip.
Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad each have listed campuses for this surgical-oncology pathway. Named catalog consultants for colorectal cancer surgery currently sit in all five cities. Doctor and hospital cards on this page link only to profiles that already exist in the catalog.
A personalized quotation, written after records review, is the document you should travel on. Cost ranges on this page are intended for preliminary planning and comparison only. Final treatment costs vary according to the patient's clinical condition, treatment plan, hospital, surgeon, surgical approach, length of stay and other factors. A personalized quotation should be obtained before making treatment or travel decisions.
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Cost note
Cost ranges on this page are for preliminary planning and comparison only. The final treatment cost depends on the patient's diagnosis, treatment plan, hospital, doctor, procedure complexity and other clinical factors. A personalized quotation should be obtained before making treatment or travel decisions.
This page is general information about treatment costs and pathways. It is not a diagnosis, a treatment recommendation or a substitute for an individualised medical opinion. Decisions about whether this procedure is appropriate for you belong to a qualified doctor who has reviewed your records.
Last updated 10 September 2026. Cost data is maintained separately from this article and refreshed as listed campuses revise their planning ranges.
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