Gastro + colonoscopy, sedated in China

Indicative band¥3k–6kindicative

Drawn from provincial schedules and institutions' published lists. Not a quote.

Typical stayDay case

Your case can differ; the treating team sets the real schedule.

Decided byThe treating institution

Eligibility, technique and price are theirs to state. We translate and coordinate.

1. What Gastro + colonoscopy, sedated is

Both scopes in one sedated session, examining oesophagus to duodenum and the full colon, with polyps removed as found.

The examination is only as good as the preparation: a poorly prepared bowel hides exactly the small, flat lesions the screening exists to find.

2. Who it is typically considered for

Standard age-based screening, symptoms, or family history. The bowel preparation you do the day before matters as much as the scope.

3. How the process usually runs

01Step 1Sedation assessment 02Step 2Bowel preparation to the letter 03Step 3Both scopes in one session 04Step 4Same-day report; pathology in days if biopsies taken

4. What sits inside, and outside, the institution's bill

Typically inside the bill

The planning, sessions and the treating team
Routine on-treatment reviews
Standard imaging or tests bundled by the centre's published list

Usually billed separately

Flights, hotel and daily costs
Our translation, interpretation and coordination fees, published separately
Treatment of complications beyond the routine course
A companion's costs

What moves the total

Sedation type
Polypectomy and pathology, usually separate lines
Repeat interval, set by findings

You contract with the institution directly and pay it directly. We add nothing to its bill and never handle payments owed to it.

5. Recovery and follow-up

01Step 1Sedation wears off within hours; no driving that day 02Step 2Polypectomy sites rarely need any restriction beyond a day 03Step 3Pathology, if taken, follows within days and is translated in full

6. Common questions

Will I feel anything?

Under sedation, typically nothing. You lose a day, not comfort.

What if polyps are found?

Small ones are usually removed on the spot; pathology sets your repeat interval.

Can I fly the next day?

Ordinarily yes after uncomplicated scopes; polypectomy findings may adjust that.

Why both scopes at once?

One sedation, one preparation, one day; the efficiency is exactly the appeal.

7. What to ask the institution

Is sedation by an anaesthetist?
What exactly is in the prep instructions?
How will pathology results reach me abroad?

Our part, and its limits

We translate your records in full, correspond with institutions in Chinese, and interpret on site, at the rates published on the fees page. We do not give medical advice, do not recommend one institution over another, and never handle payments owed to any hospital. Whether this procedure is right for you is a question only the treating physicians can answer. Nothing on this page is medical advice, and no outcome is implied or promised.

Before any of this, the records

A rehabilitation plan can only be written by an institution that has read your case accurately. That is where the work starts.

Read: preparing your records →