2026 ranking

Best hospitals for Total Knee Replacement in 🇮🇳 Kollam

13 hospitals from the Medcasts database, ordered by centre-of-excellence status, patient rating and review count. Use it as a shortlist, not a verdict.

Methodology: how we rank · pricing

Hospitals ranked: 13Hospitals ranked

01 Gold

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Bishop Benziger Hospital
Why #1: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Bishop Benziger Hospital runs from India. Patients travel here primarily for cardiac surgery. On the clinical side, the hospital covers cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and oncology along with 7 other specialties. Accredita…

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$4,951

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02 Silver

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences
Why #2: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences (NSMIMS) is a co-operative hospital located at Palathara in Kollam, India. It was founded in 2000 in memory of N. Sreedharan (died 1985), a communist organizer who was a membe…

Est. 2000

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$5,103

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03 Bronze

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Shankar's Institute Of Medical Sciences
Why #3: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Shankar's Institute Of Medical Sciences runs from India. Patients travel here primarily for cardiac surgery. Departments include cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and oncology plus 7 more. If you're planning treatment here, …

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$5,114

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04

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Employee's State Insurance Corporation Medical College Hospital, Kollam
Why #4: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Government Medical College, Kollam, formerly ESIC Medical College, Parippally, is the first Government medical college in Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is situated 21 km (13 mi) south of Kollam city and 9.6 km (6.0 …

Est. 2013

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$5,149

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05

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Upasana Hospital
Why #5: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Upasana Hospital is a hospital working across 10 clinical specialties. Core clinical activity runs through cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and oncology. If you're planning treatment here, expect to share current imaging an…

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$5,206

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06

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Travancore Medical College Hospital
Why #6: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Travancore Medical College Hospital operates in India, one of India's major medical-travel destinations. It handles a mix of domestic and international cases. On the clinical side, the hospital covers cardiac surgery, or…

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$5,306

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07

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
E.S.I. Medical College
Why #7: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

E.S.I. Medical College is one of the hospitals international coordinators routinely shortlist for cardiac surgery. The clinical footprint includes cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and oncology. Third-party accreditation com…

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$5,341

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08

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Taluk Hospital Nedungolam
Why #8: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Taluk Hospital Nedungolam runs from India. Patients travel here primarily for cardiac surgery. On the clinical side, the hospital covers cardiac surgery, orthopedics, and oncology along with 7 other specialties. Accredit…

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$5,364

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09

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Travancore Medical College Hospital, Kollam
Why #9: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Travancore Medical College Hospital, Kollam is one of the hospitals international coordinators routinely shortlist for cardiac surgery. It opened in 2008. Core clinical activity runs through cardiac surgery, orthopedics,…

Est. 2008

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$5,383

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10

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Government Victoria Hospital, Kollam
Why #10: Established 1887 — long institutional track record

Government Victoria Hospital, established in 1887, is a maternity hospital in Kollam, Kerala, India. It was the first maternity hospital in Travancore, and is known as Kollam's "hospital of women and children". In the ea…

Est. 1887

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$5,651

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11

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Meditrina Hospital
Why #11: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Meditrina Hospital is a hospital in the city of Kollam, India. It is the first tertiary care hospital in the city, located at Ayathil, and was inaugurated 13 December 2014. Meditrina Group of Hospitals is headquartered a…

Est. 2014

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$5,652

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12

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Azeezia Medical College Hospital
Why #12: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Azeezia Medical College Hospital sits in India's medical-travel market. Patients on the international desk tend to travel in from Bangladesh and beyond. On the clinical side, the hospital covers cardiac surgery, orthoped…

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$5,666

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13

🇮🇳 Kollam, India
Azeezia Medical College
Why #13: Verified accreditation, transparent pricing, dedicated international patient desk

Azeezia Medical College Hospital is a private hospital located in Kerala. It is a 540-bed multi-specialty hospital. The hospital provides treatment in various specialties, such as medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gyneco…

Est. 2008

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$6,027

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How this list is ordered

What decides the order

Hospitals are sorted by these database fields, in this order. Nothing else is weighted.

We do not score outcomes, surgeon case volume or publications. Ask each hospital for surgeon-level case numbers before you decide.

1

Centre-of-excellence flag

Hospitals marked as a centre of excellence for this specialty come first.
2

Patient rating

A higher average rating ranks higher.
3

Number of reviews

Breaks ties between hospitals with the same rating.
4

Lowest listed price

For a single procedure, a lower listed starting price breaks any remaining tie.

What this list isn't

Rating ≠ outcome

A hospital ranking is a qualifying filter, not a prediction of your outcome. Within any listed hospital, your outcome is shaped by your specific surgeon's volume, the program's protocol for your indication, and your own clinical baseline. Always ask for surgeon-level data — case volume per year, conversion rate, infection rate — before committing.

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Destination · India

Why patients choose India for total knee replacement (orthopedics)

India runs one of the world's deepest tertiary-care networks for international patients — over 700 NABH-accredited hospitals and 38+ JCI-accredited facilities, concentrated in Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi, and Hyderabad. The training pipeline is anchored by AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh, CMC Vellore, and a clutch of corporate flagships (Medanta, Apollo, Fortis, Max, Manipal, Narayana) where lead surgeons routinely log 5,000+ procedures across a 25-30 year career. For total knee replacement specifically, India draws patients who want hospital tier-1 outcomes at 60-80% below US/UK list pricing — without compromising on implant brands, robotic platforms (da Vinci Xi is now in 80+ centres), or ICU staffing ratios.

Top medical hubs Delhi-NCR Mumbai Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad Kochi

01

Surgeon volume is the headline advantage — Indian cardiac and oncology centres run procedure volumes Western centres rarely see, which compresses learning curves and improves outcomes for complex cases.
02

English-language medical communication is the default; consent forms, imaging reports, and discharge summaries are issued in English by trained physicians, removing the translator step common in non-English destinations.
03

Visa-on-arrival or e-medical visa is available for citizens of ~165 countries, with same-week processing and double-entry options that make follow-up trips painless.
04

Direct flight connectivity from the GCC, East Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the UK, Singapore, Bangkok, and most major US gateways means under-12-hour transit for the majority of medical travellers.

Cost note. Indian pricing is driven by lower clinician salaries, real-estate cost-per-bed, and rupee parity — not by skipping protocols or using grey-market implants.

How to use this list

What to look for

Surgeon's annual case volume on your specific procedure.
Implant brand and revision-rate data (10-year and 20-year).
Sub-specialty match (sports medicine surgeon for sports injury, joint reconstruction for replacement).
Pre-hab program (4-6 weeks of supervised PT before surgery measurably improves outcomes).
Inpatient PT integration during admission.
Outpatient PT continuity for first 12 weeks post-op.
DVT prophylaxis protocol that extends after discharge.

Volume benchmarks

Surgeon volume benchmarks

200+ joint replacements/year Top-tier; revision rates typically 5-10% at 10 years

100–200/year Strong; experienced surgeons with consistent technique

50–100/year Moderate; ask for specific outcome data

Under 50/year Lower volume; revision rates measurably higher

Travel timing

When to travel to India

Peak window: October, November, December, January, February, March

Avoid: June, July, August, September

Cool, dry season runs October–March, particularly comfortable for recovery in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Avoid June–September monsoon — flooding, humidity, and increased respiratory infections complicate recovery. Delhi winter (December–January) has serious air pollution; consider Bangalore or Chennai during this window if pollution-sensitive.

Questions

What to ask each program on this list

01
How many of these implants have you placed in the last 12 months?
02
What's your revision rate at 5 years on this implant?
03
Why are you choosing this implant or approach for me specifically?
04
What's the rehab plan, and is physiotherapy included in the package?
05
What's your DVT prophylaxis protocol, and do you continue it after I fly home?

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