Comparative costs for CABG surgery SEA 2021, by country
As of 2021, a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in Singapore was approximately 37.5 thousand U.S. dollars less expensive than in the United States. That year, a coronary artery bypass graft in Malaysia was just around 23 percent 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.
