At Daradia: The Pain Clinic we do most kinds of interventions only available at best Pain Clinics around the world. Most of these interventions are not costly except for the few. Even the most expensive interventions are much less costlier than if it is done at USA.
Cost of treatment depends on the the diagnosis, method of treatment and type of interventions used. If the patient is treated with medicines the treatment cost will be low. If interventions are used it may be increased. Interventions are different and cost depends of type of interventions. Some interventions like trigger point injections are not costly at all. But some interventions like Spinal Cord Stimulator are costly. But even for costly interventions there are study to compare one time cost of interventions vs. recurrent costs of other treatments. It has been proved that interventions in long run are less costly.
World class treatments of International standards are available here. At our pain clinic (either alone or in association with Charnock Hospital) we offer most modern interventional procedures not even available at many pain clinics of USA and Europe. Many of the interventional pain management procedures were done first time in India and this pain clinic is comparable with best pain clinics in the world. The same procedures are done here at half or even one-third of the prices if done at USA or other developed countries. The money thus saved in these treatments can easily be utilized in travelling and tourism at this part of the world and even then some money may be saved. So the equation is like this:
Treatment cost at USA = Treatment cost at India (with same instruments & by doctors with same qualifications)
+ Travelling Cost
+ Tourism Cost
+ Some money saved
Some of the Interventional Pain Procedures and cost comparison
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Cost at USA
(According to available literature & internet
resources)
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Cost at Daradia **
(Cost includes
everything***)
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Vertebroplasty
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USD 5000.00(approx)
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INR 50,000.00
USD 1100.00
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Percutaneous Discectomy
(using Stryker Dekompressor)
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USD 5000.00(approx)
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INR 55,000.00
USD 1200.00
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Percutaneous Nucleotomy
(Using Clarus
Nucleotome)
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INR 65,000.00
USD 1400.00
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Ozone Nucleolysis/ Ozonucleolysis/
Ozone Discectomy
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INR 30,000.00
USD 650.00
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Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)
implantation
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USD 29,123.00*
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INR 450,000.00
USD 10,000.00
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Intrathecal Pump Implantation
(Morphine, Baclofen pumps etc.)
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USD 16,579.00*
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INR 385,000.00
USD 8500.00
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Radio-Frequency procedure for
Trigeminal Neuralgia
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INR 30,000.00
USD 650.00
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Balloon compression procedure for
Trigeminal Neuralgia
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INR 55,000.00
USD 1200.00
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Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection
(ESI)
(Fluoroscopy guided)
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USD 3,635.00*
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INR 10,000.00
USD 220.00
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Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection
(ESI)
(without Fluoroscopy)
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INR 2500.00
USD 55.00
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Lumber Inter-laminar ESI
(Fluoroscopy guided)
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USD 6,024.00*
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INR 10,000.00
USD 220.00
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Transforaminal ESI
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USD 2,927.00*
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INR 10,000.00
USD 220.00
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Cervical ESI
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INR 10,000.00
USD 220.00
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Radio-Frequency procedure (Facet, SI joint
etc.)
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INR 30,000.00
USD 650.00
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Lumbar facet joint nerve blocks
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USD 3,461.00*
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INR 10,000.00
USD 220.00
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Spinal Endoscopy/ Epiduroscopy
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USD 8,127.00*
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INR 55,000.00
USD 1200.00
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*Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Mark V. Boswell, Vijay Singh et al.
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Spinal Interventional Techniques. Pain
Physician: 2009; 12: 699-802
** Many procedures are done at Charnock
Hospital (our preferred hospital).
***Complications and side effects
are rare but cost of management of complications (if any) is not included in
cost estimates.
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