[johnrt]

I was looking at MattA's post about the cheapest medicals in Sussex.

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=11704

I thought it would be useful if everyone could post how much they paid for their medicals so people can compare in the style of Which/Consumer's Association where the best deals are being offered and what a reasonble cost is (and what a rip-off cost is).

So how much did you pay? :nice1

[Belmont Babes]

£700 for 2 adults and 2 child. Children didn't need bloods or xrays

[Myrkk]

best we've found is £250 per adult for all 3 (radiographs/bloods and medicals)

[Jo Jo]

Mine were about £350 just for me (for all the tests and x-rays), but I had them done in Harley Street as it was closest to where I live. I could probably have got them cheaper if I had travelled a bit further.

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Our medicals cost us around £800 all in (2 adults, 2 kids, no bloods or chest xrays for the kids)

[caz]

Our medicals cost £240 per adult and £80 per child - we used a normal GP practice in Dundee listed by the NZI. This included chest xray which had to be done at a private hospital in Dundee.

[wiki]

£265 for one adult with Dr Grant (at Dr Million's practice) in Manchester - included all bloods and x-rays done on site.

Took less than an hour. This was in Dec 2006

[whiskythedog]

ditto
had ours done in machester jan 07 - quick and efficient ( and a nice little earner for the docs)
x-rays on site so process speeded up
got results in about a week

[kags1694]

Hi all,

We live in Maghull whch is in Merseyside.

Clinc in Liverpool is charging

Medical £120.00
Admin £ 50.00
Blood Tests £ 61.00
X Ray £ 57.00

Regards
Karen

[dharder]

£300 for everything for one adult in London. When I called, I got an appt for two days later.

The doctor took about 15 seconds, cracked two jokes and sent me on my way. I went back two weeks later to pick up the results, that took 5 seconds and no jokes.

I guess this is indeed pretty easy money for them!

Daniela

[bartons]

Medicals adults:£ 115, medicals children £ 60.
X-rays: £ 84
Blood tests: £ 92
So for all of us (two parents, two small children) it was about £ 700.
That was in Tavistock, Devon. Very friendly, took about 10 days to get the results.

[DSC]

And I thought than mine was expensive. :o
Euro 236 for everything. It was done by a very efficient and friendly panel Doctor in Hannover.

[Sam B]

Mine is the same as the Bartons - £700 for 2 adults and 2 children, we went to Tavistock too, nearest place to Cornwall. The doctor clearly comes out of retirement to do these, and it must be a nice little add-on to his pension.

[mgbridges]

£40 each for adults x-rays
£235 each per adult for medical
£65 for child medical
£35 for extra blood tests needed for me
Total £650.00

X-rays done in a morning, went back 3 days later to collect them
Medicals/blood test results back in under a week.

This was in West London

Time spent with GP was VERY little can't help thinking its a nice little money spinner for them as they know you will probably go the approved panel doctor nearest to your home! :roll

[junej]

I live in Aberdeen and the cheapest xray I could find was £100. Medical is going to cost £100 also, but this doesn't include blood test. I asked for a ball-park figure but they couldn't give me one! Surely they know how much a flippin' blood test is going to cost?!?!?! grrrrrrr. I have to wait another two weeks for a doctors' appointment........

[Steadybears]

Gosh when I see what everyone else has paid ours in SA not so bad - I have been told that for Dr, xrays and bloods it will be R1500 - had I had the UK rates I would then have to times 800 pounds - we have totimes that by
R15.00- so wont look any further will just get on and do them.

Thanks for this interesting thread
Jayne

[Mickstim]

Totally off track here, but DSC - I've just seen your avatar. How cool is that??

[Alison&Stephen]

Hi, we had to travel up to Inverness (2 1/2 hour journey) for our meds:

X-rays £40.80 each x 3 (at the hospital)
Medicals £120.00 each x 3
Blood Tests £120.00 each x 3

Medical results back in 2 weeks and 1 day.

In total £842.40 :(

[Potato]

Done in NZ, one adult, equivalent of about GBP150 for medical, x-rays and blood tests. I thought it was expensive until I saw the prices in this thread.

[caz]

We had ours done in Dundee back in April it cost £640 for 2 adults and 2 children plus £79 per adult for the x-ray.:)

[janrzm]

ours cost £817 for 2 adults & 4 children - which doesn't appear to be too bad in comparison
all done same day - picked forms back up a week later - in Sheffield

100 x 2 medicals
60 x 4 [child] + vat!

78 x 2 bloods
72 x 2 x-rays

[skibumwa]

$200 - Island Bay Medical (Island Bay)
$95 - X-ray (Pacific Labs) (Newtown)
$135 - Blood test (Aetoa) (Newtown)

$430 NZD

cheers,

[Will_2007]

£260 one-off cost for an adult at the Cromwell Hospital, Kensington (private hospital - marble floors, leather sofas in the waiting area, very posh!).

No waiting lists, 25 mins with the doc, 5 mins with the radiologist, had to pop in a week later to collect the results (they will courier them to you for £10 though)

If you're in London I recommend these guys :)

[dharder]

£260 one-off cost for an adult at the Cromwell Hospital, Kensington (private hospital - marble floors, leather sofas in the waiting area, very posh!).

No waiting lists, 25 mins with the doc, 5 mins with the radiologist, had to pop in a week later to collect the results (they will courier them to you for £10 though)

If you're in London I recommend these guys :)


Yup, that's where I went, as well. I don't even think I spent 25 minutes with the doctor, it was really quick!

I got the appointment straight away, too. The radiology appt was so quick that I felt I hardly had time to get dressed again. But I'll spare you the embarrassing episode that followed involving a bra, a handbag, and paying for a coffee at Starbucks...

Daniela

[allchange]

Hi - found the list of approved doctors on the immigration nz site. Its worth phoning a few - we have a few nearby (though in different counties) and if we travel a little further (15 mins) from Gloucestershire to Avon we save 100 quid in total. With all the other fees needed every penny counts!

Em

[nickydwuk]

Just been through the list of panel doctors getting quotes for our medicals. I had budgeted for about £250 each as that seemed to be the going rate. Boy was I surprised. :eek: I contacted one about 15 miles away and was quoted £102 for the medical, £60 for the x-ray and up to £300 for the blood tests. All done in different places and weeks apart. Another charged £300 for the medical & £52 for the xray. Another charged £317 all in. I eventually contacted Cromwell Hospital, Kensington after reading some threads on here and they quoted me £260 inclusive and they did weekend appointments. Even with the train fare it is still way cheaper than the others. So have booled them for 29th March - hoping we will be sent an ITA :D

[mike&stef]

Yet again this forum is worth it's weight in virtual gold!!

Had just booked our medicals and xrays with the only Hull listed Panel Doctors' and received their prices today!:wah

Adult Medical £120 (child £100)
Chest Xray £80
Phlebotomy £20
Blood tests
Liver Function £89
Serum Creatnine £43
Hepatitus B £92
HIV £77
VDRL £57
Full blood count £56

Grand total £634 per adult and £100 each for 2 kids

So thats £1464 for 2 adults and 2 kids AND the doctor would like his fee in CASH!:laugh

Needless to say we shall be shopping around and will travel!! LOL
Thanks for the earlier posts , we'll be trying York or Sheffield!!:cheers

Regards Mike

[james the mechanic]

We had medicals with Dr Chapman at Gatwick we can confirm that he’s a really nice old boy, highly recommended.
£235 each (medical, X-ray & bloods no vat)
Dr Chapman Aero-medical centre 0845 070 0733 only works Tuesdays & Thursdays, but currently has no waiting list.
If you arrived at Gatwick airport British rail, or national express coach station I’m pretty sure it would be under a tenner in a taxi.
Hope that helps :nice1
James

[catt]

Thanks for the heads up guys will bear both Kensington and Gatwick in mind when i am ready to book appointments.

[missy+mrmagoo]

Medical costs at Dargaville Medical centre

X-ray $106
medical $180
bloods $80

Total $366 at the exchange rate right now £143.19 every penny counts when there's 6 of you!!
Glad we waited till we got here looking at this thread.

[Tomsk]

By chance I just found our invoice for our medicals earlier today whilst I was sorting through some of the mountain of paperwork we seem to have accumulated. We saw Dr Tallant at Brookdale Medical Centre, Horley (near Gatwick) and paid £262 per adult for the medical, bloods & xrays. Our daughter (13 at the time was cheaper, no bloods needed) but I seem to have lost the invoice for her. He took his time a bit, but I felt that he was being thorough rather than dragging it out, and we went to the hospital next door for our x-rays. The paperwork was posted back to us in less than a week.

[mike&stef]

Just had ours done in Sheffield, £970 for all medicals, bloods and xrays, 3 adults and 2 children.

Had to go to a separate private hospital for the xrays first, v. quick and professional, then on to the doctors, looked a bit seedy [peeling paint] from the outside but very friendly, efficient and relaxed staff and doctors inside.

It took us all about 4 hours from start to finish, bring a book!
This saved us well over £1000 compared to the Hull private hospital, so shop around!

Regards Mike

[Wahlet]

From the US...

One place told me $500 per adult for everything (physical, xray, blood and urine tests, paperwork).
Another says $300. I think they weren't quite as detailed in their quote so I'm expecting it to cost more.
These are supposedly the cheapest places in town.

[janmommy]

i was just going to ask this question.
we'll be getting ours done in nz.
it's nice to have a idea of the cost.

[janrzm]

Total for 2 adults & 4 children £815.00

x-rays £72
bloods £78
medical £118 all per adult

and then £72 per child for just the medical

all done in Sheffield - x-rays at private hospital & medicals at panel doctors.
all quick & easy & didn't take too long either.
Think they're onto a good earner!

[kzn2nz]

GREAT PRICE!!!

For 2 adults and 2 kids, aged 5 and 7, the cost was

X Ray - R300 each
Bloods - R1010 Each
Consult R400 Each

Kids consults are R370 each.

Total for family of 4 - R4160 (That is: £280.89 or US$548.81 or NZ$687.60 for the four of us!)

This is at Shipmed, at Entabeni ENT Clinic, Durban SA.

[Wahlet]

Update: ours totaled $514 USD for two adults. This includes a 20% discount for paying cash immediately.

[theSingsons]

In the Philippines:

Adult: NZ$ 260.00
Child: NZ$ 56.00

All-in...

[dilanium]

so far we've paid $240 for two adults, but we're being billed for the Xrays, so I'm not sure how much that will cost.

[CJ22]

£669 two adults all in.

[napiers]

£250 for medical plus £67 for xray - that was May 2007

[chocolate cake]

$310 at City Medical in Central Auckland.

[nickydwuk]

Cromwell Hospital yesterday-

Adults - £260 incl bloods & x-rays (x4 = £1040)
Child (13yrs) - £100 x-ray & medical
Extra blood test - £40
Appointment to collect - £40

Total cost for 5 = £1220 - I had initially budgeted for £1250 so well pleased.

[steveybj]

Just had a quote for two adults and a 2 year old as follows

£80 x 2 for adult Xray NDDH, Devon

£155 x 2 Adult Medicals

£60 x 1 medical (chlild)

£91 x 2 for NZ Blood test


Total £712

The Stannery surgery, Tavistock, Devon

Not too bad i am thinking!

[JandM]

Could be worth a trip to Devon when the time comes, at that rate!

[Peter&Liz]

£255 (for everything) * 2 Adults

Dr Chapman near Gatwick

[catt]

The Bridge Clinic, Maidenhead........had mine done on Thursday last.......very nice people really easy to find cost £250 Xray & medical and the extra blood tests were £68 & £2 for the postage so £320 per adult. Would definitely recommend they seemed to know what they were doing.

[liveAdream]

Dr Chapman at Aero Medical had been mentioned in this thread and elsewhere already. I would recommend them highly. He takes his time and attends to details, rather than shuffling raw data onto paper. We also like the private hospital next door doing the X-ray too.

Bear in mind, the medical is likely to be read without context by your case officer.

We had a mishaps (our fault) that needed to go back. The practice staff were brilliant. They were sympathetic and reacted promptly in organising to resolve. They did not even charge us for the additional effort they put in despite being told in advance that we would be.

That is what I call "service".

Another advantage is the practice being almost next to Gatwick airport. Very convenient location.


By chance I just found our invoice for our medicals earlier today whilst I was sorting through some of the mountain of paperwork we seem to have accumulated. We saw Dr Tallant at Brookdale Medical Centre, Horley (near Gatwick) and paid £262 per adult for the medical, bloods & xrays. Our daughter (13 at the time was cheaper, no bloods needed) but I seem to have lost the invoice for her. He took his time a bit, but I felt that he was being thorough rather than dragging it out, and we went to the hospital next door for our x-rays. The paperwork was posted back to us in less than a week.

[Kea]

Mine was 295 including bloods and Xray at the Nuffield in Cambridge. Took 30 mins so very efficient and I didn't have to take a day off work- waiting on the results with fingers crossed.

JoolzR

[renew]

Mine cost £270 including all blood tests and Xray at Cromwell Road hospital.

cheers

Ian

[Madoxen]

Thought I would revive this thread with some current upto date prices

medical with bloods £218.84

Child medical £60

at Stannary surgery in tavistock devon on 01822616199

two places in Devon for Xrays

1st is Plymouth Nuffield at £100 per xray

and

2nd is North Devon district hospital in barnstable £80 per Xray


so total cost for us 2 adults 2 kids under 2 yrs is £717.68

Much better than I had budgeted for will put the savings into Dogs "medicals":D

[sophiedb]

Good plan!

Mine cost:
£100 for the medical inc. blood tests
£90 for the x-ray (at a local private hospital)

This was October 2009.

Dorset-dwellers - forget Westbourne, go to Weymouth!

[pamg9]

Flip Sophie - wish I had that bit of advice earlier. We were charged exactly £1000 for three adults, including blood tests. And then £95 each for X-rays. And then the follow-up blood tests were done at the GP for free i.e. thanks to the NHS.

All worth it - I am here now so that all fades into the distance....

[unar]

mine was £270 with everything, central london.

[kejktfc]

Had mine last Friday, cost £780 for 4 medicals (3 with bloods), and £176 for the 4 xrays, total £956, these were done in Northampton.



kejktfc

[Flutterby]

£110 medical
£110 bloods
£55 xray
at 3 separate locations
+ you can add some stress and panic when i turned up at the hospital to collect my xray and it wasn't there (had been posted to docs)

And i can recommend a bit of cardio activity before medical if you are concerned about blood pressure results.

[sophiedb]

Mine cost:
£100 for the medical inc. blood tests
£90 for the x-ray (at a local private hospital)


Being an idiot, I just realised that my memory is significantly faulty and in need of a reboot - many apologies!

It was in fact:
£100 medical
£75 blood test
£90 x-ray

Still not bad though??


Flip Sophie - wish I had that bit of advice earlier. We were charged exactly £1000 for three adults, including blood tests. And then £95 each for X-rays.

Ouch! I think half the reason Dr Down is cheap is that he does the medicals in a little office in his house, rather than a swanky well-staffed practice. The whole thing is just a quick, easy money-earner for him in his retirement (and to make things even better, he even knew my oncologist!).

He said he'd even had a couple from South Wales come down for their medical (!!!), tying it in with a holiday. Not a bad plan, considering some of the prices on this thread :eek:

[girlwithanewf]

We had ours done in September 2009 in Perth in Scotland.
X-rays £72 each
Medical £150 per adult
£120 for a child
£60 each for the blood test per adult.

[Madoxen]

Good plan!

Mine cost:
£100 for the medical inc. blood tests
£90 for the x-ray (at a local private hospital)

This was October 2009.

Dorset-dwellers - forget Westbourne, go to Weymouth!

Hi Sophiedb Do you have a number and place for where you got yours done as would save me £200 if i Divert to where you got yours done :D

[JandM]

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/templates/Content/ListsPopup.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bCFB57008-F351-421E-95DB-E5FD2D45B4D5%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fmigrant%2fstream%2fwork%2fskilled migrant%2fLinkAdministration%2fToolboxLinks%2fpane ldoctors%2ehtm%3flevel%3d1&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&level=1 This is a page from the NZIS website, the box listing panel doctors.

[lin]

now, i feel well & truly ripped off. I can't recall exact amounts, but it was just under €500 for me - I think it was €150 for the medical & about €330 for the x-ray & the blood tests. This was in Dublin.

[petri]

Just had my medicals done, OH is there right now.

For one person the medical was 250 €, x-ray 89 € and office fee 10 €.
Tomorrow 398.80 € for the blood tests (extended) and again office fee 10 €.

I'll probably need to fork another 100-200 € for a statement from my own internal medicin doctor and to meet the medicals doctor again. The prices really suck because they're set to be covered by insurance or partially covered by public health care.

He said that NZ does the most extensive medical check he is aware of (he does them for other countries as well). He also said that a few of the tests are old-fashioned and not very common any longer. He usually works with children so I got my fair share of lifestyle advice as well ;-) His reasoning for the extensive checks was that you really, really need to want to go to NZ..

There's only one doctor approved in our capital area so no alternatives.

[rogercruse]

Paid £736 for two adult medicals including X-rays & blood tests at Pinehill private hospital in Hitchin last April.

[rupicola]

We paid 130 EUR each for the medical, 50 EUR each for the X-ray and my OH had to pay 80 EUR for the blood tests - my insurance paid my own blood test. That makes 440 EUR in total.

[Duncan74]

£295 per adult in Manchester. All done in an hour and a half at the same place in centre of town.

I think the breakdown was £70 per person for the xray, £115 for the bloods and £110 for the actual medical.

[petri]

We paid 130 EUR each for the medical, 50 EUR each for the X-ray and my OH had to pay 80 EUR for the blood tests - my insurance paid my own blood test. That makes 440 EUR in total.

Wow, they're really ripping us off with the ~1600 eur total for two. And no choice for a doctor, and due the 24-hour urine collecting one cannot even easily use another doctor elsewhere in the country.

[Duncan74]

And no choice for a doctor, and due the 24-hour urine collecting one cannot even easily use another doctor elsewhere in the country.

I agree it sounds like someone's taking the ****, but it's not part of the NZIS requirements.

Just a dip from some fresh pee will suffice unless you've some specific medical conditions.

[petri]

I agree it sounds like someone's taking the ****, but it's not part of the NZIS requirements.

Just a dip from some fresh pee will suffice unless you've some specific medical conditions.

We actually had to do both, no special medical conditions. The pee sample was for something basic and the 24-hour thing is for creatine clearance test.

The doctor did mention something about a recent change in the tests but I don't remember the details. Every nurse and doctor we have dealt with have been wondering the whole medical check.. it's much easier to get a medical insurance that covers everything.

[Duncan74]

Our creatine was done from the blood I'm sure. Very odd.

[petri]

Our creatine was done from the blood I'm sure. Very odd.

Weird. We have the creatine value from the blood as well. The urine test was for creatine clearance which is something different.

[Duncan74]

But I don't think you need to do that unless your BMI is over 30 or you are over the waist measurements.

Ah well, you've paid it, you've had it done and you're alive to tell the tale, so not worth worrying about now.

[sks]

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24427&highlight=medicals

[kejktfc]

Well got a call today from the Dr who did the family medicals to say all was fine and the results and xrays were being dispatched, so a happy hector on this side.


ITA being submitted when I get my Police Check back, so decision made, moving over in mid February when my daughter has finished her exams.


:clap:clap:clap:clap


kejktfc

[LizM]

$390 from the Riccarton Clinic including x-rays and bloods.

ps. Thanks for the tip about holding your arms in the air for waist measurement - I managed to lose 3cm!!:clap

[darboots]

I've been doing a little research here myself for our pending Meds. Prices are based on two adults, but are given for one adult.

Yeovil.
Radiology Clinic Group. (XRay) £?? (Didn't bother once I'd got costs for Meds!)
Penn Hill Surgery (Meds) £325.00

Gloucester.
Glos. Royal Hosp. (XRay) £65.00
Hadwen Med. Prac. (Meds) £143.75 + £120.75 Bloods = £264.50

Bristol.
Bristol MusculoSkeletal Imaging (XRay) £55.00
Southville Surgery (Meds) £127.00 + £110.00 Bloods = £237.00

Bath.
Bath Clinic (XRay) £95.00
Pulteney Practice (Meds + Bloods) £180.00


So, for us at least, X-Ray's at Bristol Musculoskeletal Imaging (£55) and Meds and Bloods at Bath Pulteney Practice (£180) for total £235 per adult.

To my mind, that's an absolute bargain! :cheers


Dar,.