Specialty and country guide
Nephrology manages acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, immune-mediated kidney disorders and medical aspects of transplantation. Decisions depend on kidney function trend, urine findings, fluid and electrolyte status, blood pressure, imaging, biopsy evidence, comorbidities and transplant eligibility.
Specialty overview
Nephrology manages acute and chronic kidney disease, dialysis, immune-mediated kidney disorders and medical aspects of transplantation. Decisions depend on kidney function trend, urine findings, fluid and electrolyte status, blood pressure, imaging, biopsy evidence, comorbidities and transplant eligibility.
A specialty label is not a treatment recommendation. Safe planning requires acute versus chronic kidney dysfunction and cause, fluid, electrolyte, blood-pressure and dialysis needs, biopsy, immune treatment, access and transplant pathways. The named nephrologist must review original records and explain alternatives, material risks, expected recovery and follow-up before travel or cost is finalized.
The directory below uses current catalog relationships for 18 kidney-care services. It does not rank clinicians or guarantee that every service is available at every campus. GAF confirms the doctor, hospital, clinical scope and written estimate for an individual case.
Clinical scope
A specialty can have diagnostic, medical, procedural, supportive or palliative roles. A diagnosis alone does not establish that any listed kidney-care service is appropriate.
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Kidney Transplantation, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Kidney Transplantation, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Kidney Transplantation, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Kidney Transplantation, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation, ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
The appropriate kidney-care service depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.
Related treatment guides: Plasmapheresis
kidney-care services
The 18 current kidney-care service records in India are grouped by clinical approach. Every link opens a separate cost guide; a service or platform name is not a treatment recommendation.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Kidney transplantation places a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into the lower abdomen of a person with kidney failure, joining its artery and vein to the pelvic vessels and its ureter to the bladder, so the new kidney filters blood and produces urine while the failed kidneys are usually left in place.
Living donor kidney transplantation is a planned pair of operations: a healthy, legally approved donor has one kidney removed, usually laparoscopically, and it is immediately transplanted into a recipient with kidney failure.
Deceased donor kidney transplantation implants a kidney recovered from a donor after brain death or circulatory death into a recipient on a transplant waiting list.
ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation allows a living donor whose blood group does not match the recipient's to donate, by first lowering the recipient's anti-blood-group antibodies with plasma exchange or immunoadsorption and an antibody-depleting drug (rituximab), then transplanting when the antibody level is low enough and continuing enhanced immunosuppression afterwards.
Paired kidney exchange matches incompatible living donor–recipient pairs so each recipient can receive a compatible kidney, when immunology already writes a swap rather than a directed graft.
Kidney transplant evaluation and follow-up is the nephrology work-up and graft-surveillance pathway — HLA, DSA, protocol laboratories and biopsy thresholds — not the operation itself.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Therapeutic plasmapheresis removes and replaces plasma across repeated sessions to reduce circulating pathogenic antibodies or inflammatory factors in selected neurological disease.
AV fistula creation joins an artery to a vein, usually in the arm, so repeated HD needles can be used once the vein has matured.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Hemodialysis in India filters blood through a dialyzer several times a week when residual kidney function can no longer control volume, solutes or symptoms.
Peritoneal dialysis uses the peritoneal membrane and a catheter to exchange dialysis fluid at home or in hospital, when residual function and training already write PD rather than in-centre HD.
SLED is a hybrid ICU dialysis lasting several hours at slower blood-flow rates when haemodynamics already write something between CRRT and a short HD run.
Dialysis catheter placement inserts a large-vein line so HD or ICU dialysis can start before a fistula is ready, or when temporary access is the honest first step.
Dialysis access management treats stenosis, thrombosis or dysfunction in an existing fistula or graft so HD can continue without immediately creating a new access.
CAPD catheter insertion places a peritoneal dialysis catheter so home PD can start after healing and training, when the abdomen already writes that access.
Permcath insertion places a tunnelled, cuffed central venous catheter for hemodialysis when a fistula is not yet ready or is not possible.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
These catalog services share a broad delivery setting, but each keeps its own indication, technique, risks, duration and written estimate.
Percutaneous renal biopsy samples native kidney tissue under imaging so histology can explain proteinuria, unexplained AKI or a suspected glomerular disease.
A kidney transplant graft biopsy samples the allograft when creatinine, DSA or a protocol schedule already writes histology of the transplanted kidney, not the native kidneys.
Compare
These are current GAF catalog planning ranges, separated by compatible billing basis. A cycle, course, operation, test and treatment programme are not interchangeable units.
Per complete named programme
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Per named cycle or session
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Per defined course or treatment plan
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Per named procedure and stated admission
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Per diagnostic or assessment episode
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| kidney-care service | What it is used for | Typical session, procedure or stay | Pricing basis | GAF India planning range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidney Transplantation | Kidney transplantation places a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into the lower abdomen of a person with kidney failure, joining its artery and vein to the pelvic vessels and its ureter to the bladder, so the new kidney filters blood and produces urine while the failed kidneys are usually left in place. | 10–21 nights; outpatient follow-up in-city | Per complete named programme | $13,000–$25,000 | View kidney-care service |
| Living Donor Kidney Transplantation | Living donor kidney transplantation is a planned pair of operations: a healthy, legally approved donor has one kidney removed, usually laparoscopically, and it is immediately transplanted into a recipient with kidney failure. | Donor 5–8 nights; recipient 10–21 nights | Per complete named programme | $14,000–$28,000 | View kidney-care service |
| Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation | Deceased donor kidney transplantation implants a kidney recovered from a donor after brain death or circulatory death into a recipient on a transplant waiting list. | 10–21 nights; wait-list timing varies | Per complete named programme | $12,000–$24,000 | View kidney-care service |
| ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation | ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation allows a living donor whose blood group does not match the recipient's to donate, by first lowering the recipient's anti-blood-group antibodies with plasma exchange or immunoadsorption and an antibody-depleting drug (rituximab), then transplanting when the antibody level is low enough and continuing enhanced immunosuppression afterwards. | 14–28 nights; desensitisation first | Per complete named programme | $18,000–$35,000 | View kidney-care service |
| Paired Kidney Exchange (Swap Transplant) | Paired kidney exchange matches incompatible living donor–recipient pairs so each recipient can receive a compatible kidney, when immunology already writes a swap rather than a directed graft. | 7–14 nights | Per complete named programme | $15,000–$30,000 | View kidney-care service |
| Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up | Kidney transplant evaluation and follow-up is the nephrology work-up and graft-surveillance pathway — HLA, DSA, protocol laboratories and biopsy thresholds — not the operation itself. | Outpatient | Per complete named programme | $400–$1,200 | View kidney-care service |
| Kidney Transplant Graft Biopsy | A kidney transplant graft biopsy samples the allograft when creatinine, DSA or a protocol schedule already writes histology of the transplanted kidney, not the native kidneys. | Day-care or 1 night | Per complete named programme | $600–$1,500 | View kidney-care service |
| Plasmapheresis | Therapeutic plasmapheresis removes and replaces plasma across repeated sessions to reduce circulating pathogenic antibodies or inflammatory factors in selected neurological disease. | 5–10 sessions typical | Per named cycle or session | $1,500–$4,500 | View kidney-care service |
| Hemodialysis | Hemodialysis in India filters blood through a dialyzer several times a week when residual kidney function can no longer control volume, solutes or symptoms. | Three sessions a week typical | Per named cycle or session | $8,000–$18,000 / year | View kidney-care service |
| Peritoneal Dialysis | Peritoneal dialysis uses the peritoneal membrane and a catheter to exchange dialysis fluid at home or in hospital, when residual function and training already write PD rather than in-centre HD. | Training 3–7 nights, then home | Per named cycle or session | $6,000–$14,000 / year | View kidney-care service |
| Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED) | SLED is a hybrid ICU dialysis lasting several hours at slower blood-flow rates when haemodynamics already write something between CRRT and a short HD run. | ICU or HDU days as quoted | Per named cycle or session | $1,000–$3,200 | View kidney-care service |
| Dialysis Catheter Placement | Dialysis catheter placement inserts a large-vein line so HD or ICU dialysis can start before a fistula is ready, or when temporary access is the honest first step. | Outpatient or 1 night | Per named cycle or session | $400–$1,200 | View kidney-care service |
| Dialysis Access Management | Dialysis access management treats stenosis, thrombosis or dysfunction in an existing fistula or graft so HD can continue without immediately creating a new access. | Outpatient or 1 night | Per named cycle or session | $500–$1,800 | View kidney-care service |
| Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) | CRRT is slow, continuous dialysis used in ICU when shock or severe fluid overload makes intermittent HD poorly tolerated. | ICU days as quoted | Per defined course or treatment plan | $1,500–$4,500 | View kidney-care service |
| AV Fistula Creation | AV fistula creation joins an artery to a vein, usually in the arm, so repeated HD needles can be used once the vein has matured. | Day-care or 1–2 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $1,200–$3,500 | View kidney-care service |
| CAPD Catheter Insertion | CAPD catheter insertion places a peritoneal dialysis catheter so home PD can start after healing and training, when the abdomen already writes that access. | 1–3 nights | Per named procedure and stated admission | $1,000–$2,800 | View kidney-care service |
| Central Venous Catheter (Permcath) Insertion | Permcath insertion places a tunnelled, cuffed central venous catheter for hemodialysis when a fistula is not yet ready or is not possible. | Outpatient or 1 night | Per named procedure and stated admission | $500–$1,500 | View kidney-care service |
| Percutaneous Renal Biopsy | Percutaneous renal biopsy samples native kidney tissue under imaging so histology can explain proteinuria, unexplained AKI or a suspected glomerular disease. | Day-care or 1 night | Per diagnostic or assessment episode | $400–$1,200 | View kidney-care service |
Indicative planning ranges, not guaranteed hospital quotations. The treating team confirms the clinical scope, billing basis, schedule, admission, monitoring and exclusions after review.
Clinical decisions
Selection begins with a confirmed diagnosis and a precise clinical question. Review includes acute versus chronic kidney dysfunction and cause and fluid, electrolyte, blood-pressure and dialysis needs. A procedure name or scan finding alone is not enough to establish suitability.
The treating team considers biopsy, immune treatment, access and transplant pathways, current symptoms, medicines, previous treatment, comorbidities and the patient’s goals. Urgent or unstable illness may make travel inappropriate.
Alternatives and sequencing must be explicit. The specialist should explain why the proposed kidney-care service is preferred, what result is expected to change care, and how recovery and follow-up will continue after the patient returns home.
Treatment pathway
This specialty-specific pathway is configured from approved editorial content. The exact sequence changes with the diagnosis, selected kidney-care service and patient factors.
The nephrologist reviews the diagnosis, prior treatment, current symptoms and original imaging or test material.
The team confirms acute versus chronic kidney dysfunction and cause, fluid, electrolyte, blood-pressure and dialysis needs, biopsy, immune treatment, access and transplant pathways and identifies missing investigations or urgent risks.
Reasonable non-procedural, procedural and staged alternatives are compared with expected benefit and material risk.
The written plan identifies the exact kidney-care service, technique, responsible clinician, campus and anticipated schedule.
Anaesthetic, medicine, infection, bleeding, organ-function and support requirements are checked as relevant.
The named team delivers care with procedure-specific safety checks and escalation arrangements.
The patient receives records, warning signs, medicine instructions, pending-result ownership and a follow-up plan.
Cost planning
Costs are shown by 5 compatible pricing bases rather than one misleading specialty-wide range. A personalized estimate follows medical-record review.
A nephrology estimate is useful only when its billing basis and clinical scope are stated. Important scope includes consultation, biopsy, dialysis session, access procedure or transplant programme; medicines, laboratory monitoring, disposables, donor work and admission. Unlike units must not be combined into one specialty average.
The written estimate should separate the named procedure or course from tests, professional fees, devices, medicines, pathology, ward care, intensive care and follow-up. Optional or complication-triggered charges should remain separate.
Catalog ranges are planning figures, not hospital quotations. The final amount can change after record review, examination, additional testing or a change in technique, device, duration or admission.
Technology
This list is derived from procedure relationships; it is not a hospital machine inventory. Technology availability must be confirmed for a named campus and treatment date.
What it is
The equipment, imaging, laboratory, anaesthetic and recovery resources required for the selected kidney-care service.
Why it may be used
Availability must be confirmed for the named procedure, clinician, campus and treatment date rather than inferred from a hospital specialty label.
Kidney Transplantation · Living Donor Kidney Transplantation · Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation · ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation · Plasmapheresis · Paired Kidney Exchange (Swap Transplant) · Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Follow-up · Hemodialysis · Peritoneal Dialysis · Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) · Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED) · Dialysis Catheter Placement · AV Fistula Creation · Dialysis Access Management · Percutaneous Renal Biopsy · Kidney Transplant Graft Biopsy · CAPD Catheter Insertion · Central Venous Catheter (Permcath) Insertion
Cities
Cities appear only where current catalog relationships contain relevant hospitals, doctors and procedures. Counts update from the live data layer.
Nephrology in Delhi NCR
Nephrology in Mumbai
Nephrology in Bengaluru
Nephrology in Chennai
Nephrology in Hyderabad
Hospitals
30 hospitals currently meet the India and Nephrology relationship filters. Cards show stored CMS information, not a ranking or universal capability claim.
JCI Accredited
NABH Accredited10 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited
NABL Accredited10 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited7 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Telugu, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited5 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Kannada, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL Accredited5 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Hindi
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL Accredited5 listed doctors for Nephrology
Languages listed: English, Hindi, Marathi
Specialists
107 doctor records meet the India and Nephrology relationship filters across 30 related hospitals. Profile facts come from the existing CMS; ordering is not a ranking.
Nephrology
42+ years Experience
Hemodialysis · Kidney Transplantation · Percutaneous Renal Biopsy
English, Hindi
Nephrology
28+ years Experience
Kidney Transplantation · Peritoneal Dialysis · Hemodialysis
English, Hindi
Nephrology
43+ years Experience
Chronic Kidney Disease Management · Acute Kidney Injury Management · Hemodialysis
English, Hindi
Nephrology
38+ years Experience
Chronic Kidney Disease · Hemodialysis · Peritoneal Dialysis
English, Hindi
Nephrology
15+ years Experience
Kidney Transplantation · Hemodialysis · AV Fistula Creation
English, Hindi
Nephrology
35+ years Experience
Kidney Transplantation · Hemodialysis · Percutaneous Renal Biopsy
English, Hindi
International patients
Send the listed records before travel so a named nephrologist can determine whether remote review is sufficient or further assessment is required. A preliminary opinion is not final clearance for treatment or flying.
Confirm the exact campus, clinician, procedure scope, estimate assumptions, expected stay, attendant needs and emergency arrangements before booking travel. Keep flights and lodging flexible until the clinical plan is accepted.
Before departure, obtain procedure and discharge records, pathology or test results, device details where relevant, medicine changes, warning signs and named contacts for pending results and follow-up at home.
Stay varies across the listed kidney-care services; use the procedure row as planning guidance rather than a promise. The treating team decides observation, admission and fitness to fly after reviewing clinical risk and recovery.
International patients should allow time for assessment, pending results and an early review. A changed plan, complication or need for rehabilitation can extend the stay, so flexible travel arrangements are safer than a fixed departure immediately after treatment.
Depending on the condition, the treating team may request:
India has GAF-linked nephrologists and hospitals across several cities. Compare a named clinician, campus and complete clinical scope rather than assuming all hospitals offer every kidney-care service.
Compare like-for-like billing units, technique, devices, tests, admission, follow-up and exclusions. Travel cost and a headline procedure range should not outweigh clinical suitability, urgency or continuity of care.
Questions
A nephrologist evaluates the relevant diagnosis, explains treatment options and coordinates procedure-specific assessment, delivery and follow-up.
Selection depends on acute versus chronic kidney dysfunction and cause, fluid, electrolyte, blood-pressure and dialysis needs, biopsy, immune treatment, access and transplant pathways, prior treatment, current health, alternatives and the patient’s goals.
The table shows planning ranges by compatible billing basis. A personalized written estimate is required because one specialty average would combine unlike scopes.
Only items expressly named in the estimate are included. Confirm imaging, pathology, laboratory work, medicines, implants, disposables and monitoring.
The page lists catalog-connected nephrologists. It is not a ranking, and the named clinician must accept and review the case.
Hospitals require a matching specialist relationship for this page. Confirm the exact procedure, clinician, campus, equipment and date directly.
Records commonly include Serial creatinine, eGFR, electrolyte and urine-protein results, Urinalysis, immune and infection investigations, Kidney ultrasound, CT or biopsy report and slides, plus current clinical notes and medicines.
Records can support a preliminary opinion, but final suitability may require examination, updated tests and review by the treating and anaesthesia teams.
Use each procedure’s typical session, procedure or stay as guidance. Recovery, results, complications and fitness to fly can change the plan.
Often, if the treating and home teams agree on records, medicines, warning signs, pending results and responsibility for follow-up.
No. A catalog relationship does not guarantee acceptance, equipment, scheduling or procedure availability at every campus.
No. Expected benefits and risks are individual, and no clinician or facilitator can guarantee an outcome.
Medical information notice: This page provides general educational and travel-planning information. GAF catalog ranges are indicative planning figures, not quotations, recommendations or promises of availability or outcome. Diagnosis, selection, technique, risks, recovery and fitness to travel must be decided by a qualified nephrologist and relevant multidisciplinary clinicians after reviewing the patient and complete records.
Last medically reviewed: 2026-09-14 by Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary. Content curated by Dr. Shabnam Choudhary.
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
Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She provides medical review of healthcare content to help ensure that clinical information is accurate, understandable, and appropriately presented for patients and their families.
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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
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