JCI accredited Shanghai

Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Ruijin pioneered Chinese endocrinology and still runs one of Asia's strongest haematology units, including CAR-T trials for refractory lymphoma and leukaemia. Its international department is used to overseas insurance paperwork and offers direct billing for several large insurers.

150KAnnual surgeries
4.5MAnnual outpatients
1,800Licensed beds
3Languages supported
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

One of China's oldest teaching hospitals (1907) and a national leader in haematology and endocrine surgery.

Ruijin Hospital is one of China's oldest teaching hospitals, founded in 1907, and the place where Chinese endocrinology was established as a discipline. It remains a national leader in haematology and endocrine surgery, and is JCI accredited.

The haematology unit is the reason many international patients come: it runs CAR-T programmes for refractory lymphoma and leukaemia, and the volume of cases means the team has seen the complications before. If you have been told your options are exhausted, this is a reasonable place to test that.

Ruijin's international department is also used to overseas insurance paperwork and offers direct billing for several large insurers — unusual in China, and often the difference between an affordable case and an unaffordable one.

Founded 1907.

Best for

  • Haematological malignancy, including CAR-T assessment
  • Endocrine and thyroid surgery
  • Patients with international insurance that needs direct billing
  • A second opinion on a blood cancer pathway

Not the right choice for

  • —High-volume orthopaedics — Shanghai's Sixth and Ninth hospitals do more
  • —Cases that need a single-site hospital covering every specialty

Departments we refer to most

  • Hematology Department
    Leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and bone-marrow transplantation, including CAR-T trials for refractory disease.
  • Department of Endocrinology
    Where Chinese endocrinology began. Diabetes, thyroid, pituitary and adrenal disease, and endocrine surgery.
  • Department of General Surgery
    Endocrine, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery.
  • Oncology
    Systemic treatment and multidisciplinary review, with the haematology unit handling blood cancers.

Direct flight times to Shanghai

Approximate non-stop durations. A coordinator books transfers from the airport to your hotel and to every appointment.

Tokyo2.5h
Seoul2.0h
Hong Kong2.5h
Singapore5.5h
Dubai8.5h
Frankfurt11.5h
Paris12.0h
Los Angeles12.5h

Practical notes

Visa letter
Issued in 2–3 business days
Interpreter
Included at every appointment
Payment
Staged; you pay the hospital directly
Records
Bilingual summary before you fly home

Direct billing arrangements exist with several large insurers — worth checking before you pay anything yourself. Shanghai has two airports; Pudong handles most long-haul traffic and is 45–75 minutes from the central hospitals.

Direct billing arrangements exist with several large insurers — worth checking before you pay anything yourself. Shanghai has two airports; Pudong handles most long-haul traffic and is 45–75 minutes from the central hospitals.

Key facts

CityShanghai
AccreditationJCI
Licensed beds1,800
Annual surgeries150K
Annual outpatients4.5M
Languages supportedChinese, English, French
Official sitewww.rjh.com.cn

Our honest position

We are not this hospital
Medical fees are paid to the hospital directly, at its own published international-department rate. We never hold that money and nothing is added to it.
No outcome promises
We tell you what the hospital does at volume and what it charges. What your result will be, nobody can promise.
Written estimate first
You see the hospital's own written cost range before you book a flight. If the answer is that you should not travel, we say so.

Cost guides for this hospital

What each condition costs here, and what the figure excludes.

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