Medical Tourism
Our services at Vitosha Hospital are specially tailored to patients from countries outside Bulgaria – including from elsewhere in Europe and the USA.
These patients want high quality, affordable medical care, and may also be unable or unwilling to wait years for treatment in their home countries.
We offer hip and knee replacements in a hospital in the European Union, with the highest quality health care according to all European health standards.
Our patients also get the chance to enjoy the unique beauty and ancient culture of Bulgaria while they recover from their treatment.
Sofia is a vibrant cultural city
Price list 2019
Premium Hip / Knee Replacement
A first Total Hip/Knee Replacement – no previous surgery has been performed on the joint-
Total Hip or Knee Primary Replacement Surgery
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State-of-the-art implants
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6 day hospital stay in Vitosha Hospital with physiotherapy
Premium PLUS Hip / Knee Replacement
Recuperate in comfort at our luxury spa resort-
Total Hip or Knee Primary Replacement Surgery
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For revision surgery add €1,500
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State-of-the-art implants
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Stay in Vitosha Hospital with physiotherapy for several days before spa treatment begins
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Further physiotherapy in a luxury spa performed by specialist physiotherapists
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Stay in the spa until 18 days post-surgery when stitches or staples are removed
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Many cultural events, such as sightseeing trips in Sofia and around Bulgaria, opera and concerts
Revision Hip / Knee Replacement
Total Hip/Knee Replacement performed after previous replacement surgery has failed, usually due to endoprosthetic loosening or sepsis-
Revision Total Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
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State-of-the-art implants
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6 day hospital stay in Vitosha Hospital with physiotherapy
More about our packages
We offer two hip or knee replacement packages to our patients from abroad: Premium and Premium PLUS.
Premium
hip or knee replacement package
Surgical operation for total hip/knee replacement. The price includes:Premium PLUS
hip or knee replacement package
includes the Premium Hip/Knee replacement package with these added extras:- Hip/Knee replacement surgery
- Orthopaedic implant costs
- Hospital stay for 6–7 days with rehabilitation.
- Transfer to and from Sofia airport and Vitosha Hospital.
By the time the patient’s discharged from hospital, our goal is for him/her to be able to walk unaided with crutches, walk up and down stairs, be able to take care of himself/herself, depending on his/her pre-operative condition.
He/she should then be fit to fly home on the plane. Stitches or staples will be removed in the patient’s home country eighteen days after surgery. Patients will need further care at home before they can return to work.
- An extended rehabilitation programme involving special spa activities at a luxury spa hotel near Sofia for 18 days, until stitches or staples are removed.
- Eight cultural events are included in the package: including sightseeing trips, visits to the opera and concerts.
- A trip to the Roman town of Hisarya (Diocletianopolis), with its 22 mineral spring spas. A tour of its large Roman fortress, and other precious archaeological sites from the Thracian and Roman civilisations. Hisarya is 45km outside the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city and its cultural capital. It has many world-class museums and cultural events, including opera and concerts. It also has stunning Roman remains, and a UNESCO protected old town.
Our goal is for patients to leave Bulgaria at the end of the eighteen days walking independently with canes. They will normally need to wait sixty days post surgery before returning to work.
About Our Spa
Many of our patients choose to take up our offer of an extended rehabilitation period, to recover fully from their surgery.
This includes up to three weeks in the luxury spa hotel of Tsarsko Selo, which is in the foothills of Mount Vitosha, conveniently close to our hospital and also just a twenty minute taxi ride from Sofia Airport.
Its elegant spa area is equipped with a hot tub and indoor pool, where guests can also enjoy beauty treatments and massage. In the warm Bulgarian summer there’s also an outdoor pool, set on a beautiful, sunny terrace with parasols and sun loungers, and access to groomed, shady gardens.
All of the rooms have balconies, air conditioning, cable TV and wifi.
Our rehabilitation package also includes cultural events, and guided sightseeing tours around Bulgaria’s lovely capital city Sofia, and the countryside around it.
Complete your recovery at our nearby spa resort hotel
About Bulgaria
Bulgaria is one of the fastest growing medical tourism destinations in Europe – around 50,000 foreign patients chose it for their treatment in 2018.
It’s long been a favourite holiday spot – with a beautiful southern European climate in the summer – perfect to enjoy its beaches, mountains and hundreds of mineral spring spas, many of which have been used since Roman times, and are surrounded by ancient ruins. There’s also top-class ski-ing in the country in winter.
Climate, landscape and beauty make Bulgaria a great location for recovery and recuperation from medical treatment, and in the last few years millions of euros have been spent on developing medical services, to offer the very best to foreign patients.
Bulgarian healthcare professionals have traditionally been educated and trained to a very high level – among the best in the European Union. With extra investment, clinics there now offer the most modern equipment, and state-of-the-art procedures found elsewhere in Europe, at a fraction of the cost.
