Heart bypass surgery in Delhi
Bypass surgery at a dedicated heart hospital, with four weeks in Delhi so you fly home safely.
Treatment price, mid-point
- India package
- $3,500–$9,000
- US cash price
- $100,000–$150,000+
- In hospital
- 10 days
- Time in India
- 28 days
Your time in India
About 28 days in Delhi, day by day
Plans leave time to recover so you fly home with your surgeon's sign-off, usually around day 24–28, after a heart scan and your cardiologist's sign-off.
Arrive, tests, meet your surgeonDays 1–2
Admission, an angiogram if needed, scans and a planning talk with the surgeon.
SurgeryDay 3
Then straight to heart intensive care.
Intensive careDays 4–6
Breathing tube and drains come out. Sitting in a chair.
Heart wardDays 7–12
A private room. Walking the corridor, trying stairs. Home on around day 10–12.
Recover where you're stayingDays 13–24
Weekly clinic visits, wound checks and medicine changes.
Final check and fly homeDays 25–28
A final heart scan and chest check, your fit-to-fly letter and the airline's medical form.
Recovery care
Care after you leave hospital
After discharge we arrange nursing and physiotherapy visits where you're staying, through vetted local partners, until your surgeon says you're ready to fly.
Day 1
Nurse visit
Wound check and fresh dressing
Daily
Physio in your room
Exercises set by your surgeon
As needed
Medicines delivered
Prescriptions collected for you
Before you fly
Fit-to-fly check
Back to your surgeon for sign-off
Home nursing visits
A qualified nurse checks your wound, changes dressings and watches for problems.
Physio where you're staying
Sessions in your hotel or apartment, following your surgeon's plan.
Medicines and supplies
Prescriptions, dressings and walking aids sorted for you.
One person to call
Your case manager co-ordinates everything and keeps your family updated.
Provided by vetted home-care and physiotherapy partners, and itemised in your written quote. Included in our Assisted and Premium plans, or added to Essential.
Ask what's includedIs this right for you?
Who it suits
Before you book anything, a surgeon at an accredited hospital reviews your records to confirm it's safe to travel.
Usually a good fit
- Blockages in several heart arteries, or in the main left artery.
- Diabetes with blockages in more than one artery.
- Chest pain that medicines don't control, where stents aren't suitable.
- Your cardiologist has said bypass surgery is needed and it isn't an emergency.
Wait, or get care at home
- A heart attack happening now. Get emergency care at home.
- Serious failure of other organs.
- An active infection.
Risks
What can go wrong, and what helps
Every operation has risks, wherever it's done. These are the main ones. Your surgeon will explain how they apply to you.
The main risks
Bleeding
During or after surgery, sometimes needing a return to theatre.
Irregular heartbeat
Common in the days after heart surgery, and usually treated in hospital.
Stroke
A serious but less common risk of heart surgery and procedures.
Infection
Of the chest wound or the leg or arm where a graft was taken.
Kidney or breathing problems
More likely in people who already have kidney or lung disease.
What a planned trip does about travel
- A written opinion first. A surgeon reviews your reports before you book anything, and can say no.
- Time to recover before flying. Plans include days in India after discharge, and you only fly with your surgeon's fit-to-fly letter.
- Clot prevention for the flight. Your surgeon advises on stockings, medicines and moving around. We can book aisle seats and wheelchair help.
- Records your doctor can use. Discharge summary, scans, operation notes and implant details in English, before you leave.
- Follow-up from home. Video check-ups with your surgeon, and a named person to call if something worries you.
Questions to ask your surgeon
- 1.Which approach do you recommend for me (for example beating-heart or on-pump, surgery or TAVR), and why?
- 2.How many of these do you and your team do each year?
- 3.How long will I be in intensive care and in hospital?
- 4.What tests will show I'm fit to fly?
- 5.What medicines will I go home on, and who adjusts them?
Print them with our pre-travel checklist, or read how to check a hospital and surgeon yourself.
The package
What's in the price
Insured US patients on a high-deductible plan often pay $15,000+ out of pocket for this alone.
The whole trip, item by item
Total $7,500–$16,600
- Hospital package52%$3,500–$9,000
- Return flights16%$1,500–$2,400
- Stay and food, 28 days19%$1,540–$2,940
- Tests, visa, insurance, transfers9%$490–$1,760
- Our fee4%$500
Usually included
- The operation: heart surgeon, assistants and anaesthetist.
- About ten days in hospital, usually three to four in heart intensive care.
- Operating theatre costs and supplies.
- A heart scan (echo), blood tests and chest X-rays before you leave.
- Cardiac rehab, diet advice and your first medicines.
Usually extra
- Heart-lung support machines (ECMO) if something goes seriously wrong.
- Treatment for unrelated problems.
- Your stay after discharge (we arrange it).
- Flights and travel insurance.
Technique & technology
How it's done
What you can expect at large accredited hospitals in Delhi NCR. Your surgeon will explain which approach suits you.
Beating-heart (off-pump) surgery
Many Indian heart surgeons do bypasses without stopping the heart. Whether that suits you is your surgeon's call.
Artery grafts
Surgeons often use arteries from the chest wall or arm as grafts, which tend to stay open longer than vein grafts.
Specialist heart intensive care
The first days after surgery are spent in a cardiac intensive care unit with its own doctors and nurses.
Where it's done
Hospitals that do this operation
Listed for reference. We request opinions from more than one where we can, and confirm in writing which hospitals we're working with for your case.
Medanta - The Medicity
Large heart institute that treats many overseas patients.
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
A dedicated heart hospital, running for more than 30 years.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
Long-established heart surgery department.
Questions
Questions about coronary artery bypass (cabg)
What is beating-heart bypass?
The surgeon does the bypass while your heart keeps beating, without a heart-lung machine. It's common in India. It isn't right for everyone; your surgeon will explain which approach they'd use and why.
Is it safe to travel for heart surgery?
Plans for heart surgery allow four weeks: about ten days in hospital, then two weeks or more recovering in Delhi with clinic visits. You only fly after a heart scan and your cardiologist's sign-off.
What will my cardiologist at home get?
A full discharge summary in English: which arteries were bypassed and with what, your heart function, and your medicines and doses. We can also set up video follow-ups with your surgeon.
Planning this from abroad?
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Kenya
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Uganda
Tanzania
Mauritius
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Nigeria
Ghana
DR Congo
Cameroon
UAE
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Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
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Prices are planning ranges from published hospital packages and cost research (2025–26), not quotes. Day plans are typical; your surgeon sets the real dates. General information, not medical advice. Last reviewed October 2026.
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