Yeson vs Dr. Haben

[iKate]

Typical costs for Yeson are:

$7380 surgery and consultation (all inclusive)
$400 botox (if needed)
$600-$1000 10 days hotel stay in Korea
$1000-$2000 economy class direct flight from East Coast USA.

Expect to spend about $100-$200 on food.
Transportation can be cabs, bus or the subway. I used the subway and it was very cheap, like $2 per ride.

[bibilinda]

My bill for the VFS was
$2,500 Dr Haben
$3,271 Hospital including two nights in hotel
$1,105 Anesthesia billed separately
$  108 Three meals in hotel, there were cheaper items and other food in walking distance
$1155 Southwest ticket, These could be rescheduled, cheapest would be around $500
Add to that 4 cab fares, under $200 but I could have used a shuttle from the airport to the hotel

Wow Dena thanks for sharing that, that's a very insightful price breakdown. I'm not sure if the hospital bill you mention that includes two hotel nights, is a hotel billed by the hospital or something. Most probably it isn't, so it would be interesting to know how much was the hospital actually. I am amazed at how "low" the surgeon's fee seems when you put it all together and calculate its percentage. In this case, including the hotel, it's "only" 26.6% of the surgery-related bills as a total.

I wish there was a way around those incredibly expensive hospital fees, and also that the anesthesia and travel expenses weren't so big.

I hope you have excellent results with your surgery and thanks again for sharing!

Cheers

Bibi B.

[iKate]

I wish there was a way around those incredibly expensive hospital fees, and also that the anesthesia and travel expenses weren't so big.

In my case if I went with Dr H I would be able to drive there. It's about a 4-5 hour drive and I am totally fine with that.

Also since he is a US surgeon, you could probably ask your insurance to cover some things. They don't deal with insurance but you can file a claim. It may or may not work.

[Dena]

Bibi, you ask for it, you got it. The total for the hotel was $369.36 and I think you must stay the night before the surgery in the hospital as part of the package. There might be an exception if you drive with a care taker.

[Dena]

And by the way, I had $600 in addition because I didn't have a care taker and needed to spend the night of the surgery day in the hospital. With a care taker you can leave the hospital after the surgery,

[anjaq]

Typical costs for Yeson are:
$7380 surgery and consultation (all inclusive)
$400 botox (if needed)
$600-$1000 10 days hotel stay in Korea
$1000-$2000 economy class direct flight from East Coast USA.
Expect to spend about $100-$200 on food.
Transportation can be cabs, bus or the subway. I used the subway and it was very cheap, like $2 per ride.

For me it was the same regarding Yeson (surgery, hospital stay, anaesthesia, 3 consultations - one pre op, one directly post op and one a week later), I also had the Botox. I paid about $600 for a room at Phil house which included a free stay for a second person. Flight was about $900 with the cheapest option from Europe, but I would have spent $200 more if I knew what was waiting for us at the transfer airport in Bejing . Food prices vary a lot - you can get food for $10 or less, at Phil house you can even cook yourself, or you can have a great meal and spend $40 or more - which we did twice just because we thought we deserve it
I think overall - including some expenses for my friend who came with me and souveniers and good food, some sightseeing - I spent about 8000EU, which proabably was about $10000 at that time. I think I could have done with 10% less if I would have trevelled alone and lived a bit cheaper and without souveniers

Overall it seems that the basic price of both surgeries is similar, but the travel expenses vary - for me, travelling to the USA would have taken as much travel money as for Korea and I can imagine Dr Haben also wants to do a checkup after some time like Dr Kim does it after a week (which is why you need to stay 9-11 days in Seoul)?

But apparently with Dr Haben you get a bit more for the money as he does not only glottoplasty but also does the CTA at the same time and the laser thinning and adams apple shave? So if you need all of that done, Dr Haben is probably cheaper in relation - also Dr Kim refuses to do these other procedures because in hins opinion they are not beneficial, so if you want them, you would have to get them elsewhere anyways.

[iKate]

Yeah I went with my mom. I also took a prestige class flight on Korean and booked with miles so I did not really pay anything for my flight. I really lucked out in that regard and it was nice to sleep laying almost flat on the plane.

I did stay at Phil House and spent some on sightseeing, souvenirs and shopping although the clothes almost didn't fit, I only really fit their largest women's sizes there as I'm US 8-10 dress and size 8-9 shoe size.

I don't need CTA or adam's apple shave as mine is not really visible at all.