Comparative costs for knee replacement surgeries SEA 2021, by country
As of 2021, a knee replacement surgery in Singapore was approximately 8.8 thousand U.S. dollars less expensive than in the United States. That year, a knee replacement surgery in Malaysia was just over a quarter of the price of a comparable treatment in the United States.
Alongside the high quality of care and access to treatments unavailable elsewhere, lower healthcare costs are one of the main drivers of medical tourism to Southeast Asian countries. Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore are the leading destinations for health tourists in the region.