Traveler on a US high-deductible plan gets a same-visit X-ray and prescription for under CNY 140
- When
- 2025-12
- City
- Not stated
- Procedure
- Outpatient visit with X-ray for tailbone pain (a commenter says it was a TCM orthopedic hospital).
- Total cost reported
- about $19.46 (as reported)
- Shared on
- Patient from
- USA (inferred: poster cites a US high-deductible plan)
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Timeline
day 1
Books via the Weixin app, arrives an hour late, sees a doctor after a short wait.
day 1
X-ray two floors down via a QR-code slip; doctor reviews it and writes a prescription.
day 1
Whole visit took 30 to 35 minutes; total CNY 138.17 paid as an uninsured foreigner.
What went well
- QR-code flow between departments
- Total under CNY 140
What was hard
- Needed WeChat to book
- Commenters warned about overdiagnosis, crowding at big public hospitals and kiosks that need a Chinese ID
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