Arthroscopy & ACL Reconstruction Cost in Surat — Starting Package Charges

Arthroscopy — durbin dwara or keyhole surgery — is priced as a package, tiered by the complexity of what is done through the portals rather than by the size of the incision. A camera going into a knee to look and wash out is a different operation from one that stitches a torn meniscus or rebuilds a ligament, and the schedule is built around exactly that distinction.

Typically inside the package

• Operating theatre charges, plus the surgical and anaesthesia team's professional fees.
• Room charge and routine nursing care for the expected length of stay.
• Routine in-patient medication, dressings and standard post-operative care during that stay.
• The routine set of investigations defined for the procedure.

Always billed on top

• Implants and fixation devices — charged separately, without exception. In sports surgery this usually means suture anchors, cortical suspensory buttons, interference screws, all-inside meniscus repair devices or suture-tape augments — not a joint replacement. Numbers and types depend on what is found and repaired.
• Assistant surgeon — ₹6,900 to ₹12,420 if opted for.
• Any stay longer than the expected length, and higher-dependency care if it becomes necessary.
• Investigations outside the routine set — including MRI, which is usually done before surgery and billed separately.
• After discharge: physiotherapy, braces or supports, follow-up consultations and review imaging.

Meniscectomy versus meniscus repair

Meniscectomy trims away the torn part of the meniscus and sits in tier 2, from ₹35,600. Repair stitches the tear back together so the meniscus is preserved, and sits in tier 5, from ₹53,420. The gap is real work: repair takes longer, needs all-inside or inside-out repair devices, and requires the tear pattern, its position and its blood supply to be assessed carefully, because not every tear can heal. Whether your tear is repairable is decided by what it looks like, not by what you would prefer.

Debridement versus reconstruction

An ACL debridement — clearing a stump that is catching in the joint — sits in tier 3 from ₹41,540. A primary ACL reconstruction, which harvests a graft and fixes it into tunnels drilled in the femur and tibia, sits in tier 6 from ₹59,340. They share a name and share almost nothing else.

The unknown until you are inside

Arthroscopy has an honest complication for pricing: sometimes what is found inside is not exactly what the MRI predicted. A knee booked for meniscectomy may turn out to have a repairable tear worth saving. The right response is to do the right operation, and that can move the tier. This should be discussed and consented to before surgery, so that the possible range is known in advance rather than discovered at billing. Ask for that conversation. Hindi: operation se pehle hi poori sambhavit range samajh lein.

The tiers on this page come from B. Shah Mahavir Super Speciality Hospital, a tertiary centre at Athwa Gate. Dr. Khanna also performs arthroscopy at Prish Hospital, Vesu.

Rates at Prish are typically somewhat lower than the tertiary-centre schedule shown above, and are confirmed on consultation. No percentage is published here, because no single figure would hold across every tier and room type — the honest answer is that it is confirmed for your specific case. Which hospital suits you depends on the complexity of your case and the facilities it needs, not on the schedule alone.

The assistant surgeon line applies to arthroscopy as it does to joint replacement: ₹6,900 to ₹12,420 if one is opted for, charged on top of the package. You should see it itemised on an estimate.