Medical treatment in India from Nepal
Nepal to India is the most frictionless medical travel route there is: no visa in either direction under the open border, a short Kathmandu–Delhi flight or a land crossing, a pegged currency, and Hindi workable at every step. The journey itself is easy, so the work that matters happens before it: an independent specialist review of your case, and itemized hospital costs agreed in writing before anyone travels. That is the part we handle.
You always pay the hospital directly. We never hold treatment money. Our fees are published on the Fees page and appear as a separate line item, never inside a hospital bill.
Who this guide is for
- A specialist procedure has been advised (cancer care, cardiac, neurological, or kidney disease) and you are weighing hospitals across the border
- Your family is already planning the familiar bus or flight to India, and you want a specialist to review the case before anyone travels
- You want itemized hospital quotes agreed in writing before admission, instead of finding out the bill at discharge
- You are a Nepali working abroad, arranging and paying for a parent’s or relative’s treatment in India
How it works, step by step
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Records first
You share your diagnosis and what has been advised. We send a secure link for reports and imaging (nothing sensitive goes through the website form) and organize them into a file a specialist can act on. Hindi works fine at every step.
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Teleconsult or written second opinion
Before anyone boards a bus or a flight, a specialist relevant to your condition reviews your case: a $50 video consultation or a $150 written opinion. Sometimes the honest answer is that travel is not needed.
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Your decision
If treatment in India makes sense, you get itemized quotes from suitable hospitals and a side-by-side comparison for your case. You decide, and there is no obligation to continue.
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Travel documents
Nepali citizens do not need a visa for India under the open border: no medical visa, no invitation letter. You travel with accepted identity documents, and we give you a simple checklist of what to carry, including your medical file.
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Travel
Kathmandu–Delhi is a short flight with multiple services most days, and the land border crossings connect to Indian rail heads. Our travel arm Tripcuro plans the journey around your admission date, with airport pickup and accommodation near the hospital.
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Treatment
You pay the hospital directly, on the hospital’s own invoice, at the rates locked in writing before you travelled. A named coordinator handles the practical side so your family can focus on you.
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Follow-up at home
Before you return you get your complete records, a discharge bill audit against the locked quote, and a follow-up plan your doctor in Nepal can pick up.
Border reality
Nepali citizens enter India without a visa under the open border, by land or by air, with no medical visa, no hospital invitation letter, and no registration formalities for normal stays. It removes the paperwork that other routes to India require. You still travel with accepted identity documents, and requirements can differ by route, so we hand you a checklist and ask you to confirm the current rules for your crossing before you set out.
Flights and land routes
Kathmandu–Delhi is a short flight (under two hours, with multiple services most days), and the land border crossings connect to Indian rail heads for families travelling by road. Treatment in other Indian cities usually means an onward domestic connection from Delhi. Tripcuro, our sister travel company, plans the journey around your admission date and arranges airport pickup and accommodation near your hospital.
How payment works
Two separate payments, never mixed. Treatment costs go from you to the hospital directly, on the hospital's own invoice, at rates we lock in writing before you travel. We never hold or route treatment money. Our facilitation fee is published on the Fees page ($50 / ₹4,300 teleconsult · $150 / ₹12,900 written second opinion · $1,000 / ₹86,000 full journey, milestone-gated), each step credited in full to the next. The Nepali rupee's peg to the Indian rupee and the live UPI–Nepal digital-payment linkage make paying across the border unusually simple, within the daily limits that apply.
We take no commissions from hospitals. Our fees are paid by you, published upfront, and itemized separately from your hospital bill.
INR equivalents are approximate, at about ₹86 per US dollar. The USD figure is the fee.
What to prepare
- Accepted identity documents for crossing the border (check the current requirements for your route before travelling)
- Your most recent medical reports, imaging and prescriptions (originals where possible)
- A referral or summary letter from your treating doctor in Nepal, if you have one
- A realistic funding plan: who is paying, and how the money reaches the hospital directly, including any cash or digital-payment limits that apply
- Your two or three most important questions for the specialist, written down
From Nepal: FAQs
Do Nepali citizens need a visa or invitation letter for treatment in India?
How do I pay for treatment and fees from Nepal?
Which Indian cities do Nepali patients usually go to?
Will language be a problem in Indian hospitals?
Indian hospitals already have help desks for Nepali patients: why pay a facilitator?
Tell us about your case
A few lines are enough to start. We respond within four business hours.
Start from Kathmandu, the Terai, or anywhere in Nepal
Share your case in a few lines. WhatsApp works well, and Hindi or English are both fine. A person reads it and comes back with honest next steps, including whether travelling is worth it at all.
We respond within four business hours.
We are a small team — on weekends, expect a reply within one business day.