Urology and andrology treatment in India

It depends on the procedure, the hospital and your health. As a guide, indicative starting prices in India (October 2026) are about £1,350 (US$1,800) for TURP, £2,250 (US$3,000) for HoLEP: laser prostate surgery, £1,500 (US$2,000) for kidney stone surgery and £4,900 (US$6,500) for robotic prostatectomy. The hospital sets the final price after reviewing your medical reports. Flights, visa and accommodation are extra.

All surgery carries some risk, wherever it happens, and no hospital can guarantee an outcome. Careful planning helps: the hospital's urologist reviews your reports before you travel, you get a written plan and quote, and you have a check-up before you fly home. Several MedPanda partner hospitals are accredited by NABH, India's national hospital quality board. Talk to your own doctor too before you decide.

Many people come for prices well below UK private hospitals, English-speaking specialist teams and treatment dates planned around them. The right choice depends on your condition, your budget and how far you can travel, and we talk this through honestly in your free consultation.

Treatment often starts with lifestyle changes, then medicines such as alpha blockers or 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. If these don't help enough, a procedure or prostate surgery such as TURP or laser surgery may be offered. Your doctor decides what suits you.

Besides TURP, options include laser surgery such as HoLEP, steam (water vapour) treatment such as Rezūm, and implants that hold the prostate open, such as UroLift. Not every hospital offers every option, and not every option suits every prostate. Aster Medcity, Kochi lists HoLEP, UroLift and steam therapy on its website. The urologist explains what suits you.

TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) removes part of an enlarged prostate through a thin tube passed through the penis, with no cut on the skin. It takes around an hour, under general or spinal anaesthetic, and most people go home 1 to 4 days later.

Your surgeon decides, after a check-up. It depends on the procedure and how you recover. After TURP, for example, a catheter (a thin tube to drain urine) usually stays in for between one day and one week. Plan to stay in India until your surgeon is happy for you to fly.

It depends on the procedure. After TURP, most people return to normal activities in 2 to 4 weeks. Full healing can take up to 6 weeks, so avoid heavy lifting and hard exercise for about 6 weeks. Your surgeon gives you advice for your own procedure.

Published self-pay guide prices (October 2026) include £9,225 for TURP at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, and from £2,700 for laser kidney stone removal (ureteroscopy) and from £6,500 for PCNL at Newcastle Hospitals Private Healthcare. Prices vary between hospitals.

Yes. With your consent, we share your reports with partner hospitals, and their urologists suggest a plan and send a written quote. You can compare them with us before you decide, with no obligation.

Yes. Patients from the UK, Ghana and Kenya can apply online for an e-Medical visa, which needs a letter from the Indian hospital. Nigerian passport holders can't use the e-Visa and apply for a regular Medical visa at the High Commission of India in Abuja or the Consulate General of India in Lagos. India also asks travellers arriving from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya for an original yellow fever certificate, and Nigerian travellers also need a polio certificate. Our Indian medical visa guide explains each step, and we help you with it.

MedPanda is a care-coordination service, not a hospital. We arrange your free consultation, collect plans and quotes from partner hospitals, book your appointments, help with your medical visa and travel, and stay in touch after you get home. Your treating doctor makes all medical decisions.