Brain tumor treatment in China
脑肿瘤
Brain tumor surgery is where surgeon volume matters most. China's top neurosurgery centers operate at a scale that exists almost nowhere else. Once you register there, imaging is done promptly and difficult cases go to multidisciplinary review — the system moves fast.
Where this is treated best
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Beijing Tiantan Hospital
北京天坛医院 · Beijing#1 in China for neurosurgery on the Fudan specialty reputation ranking, and among the highest-volume brain surgery centers in the world.
Public Grade 3A International dept. -
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
复旦大学附属华山医院 · ShanghaiTop-3 in China for neurosurgery and a national leader in neurology, infectious disease and hand surgery (Fudan rankings).
Public Grade 3A International dept. -
Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
北京协和医院 · BeijingRanked #1 in China on the Fudan comprehensive hospital ranking for 14 consecutive years. The national referral center of last resort for difficult and undiagnosed cases.
Public Grade 3A International dept.
Brain tumor surgery
From hemispheric gliomas to skull-base and brainstem tumors, every open resection has a government-listed surgical fee — including the hardest operations in the catalog.
Official listed price — Glioma resection (hemispheric), surgical fee — official Guangxi catalog
¥3,120 (≈ US$440)
Deep-seated lesions are listed at ¥5,153.5, brainstem tumors at ¥5,265, and skull-base tumors at ¥6,022 — the most demanding open operations in the whole catalog carry fees in the hundreds of dollars.
Source: Guangxi Medical Service Price Catalog (2024), items 330201022 / 330201024 / 330201037 / 330201041 · Last verified: 2026-09
Official listed price — CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery — all-inclusive package price
¥28,000 first course (≈ US$3,900)
The listed package covers diagnosis, positioning, treatment and consumables; from the second session onward, ¥6,000 per session.
Source: Guangxi Medical Service Price Catalog (2024), item 240300018 · Last verified: 2026-09
Typical total cost
¥80,000–250,000 (≈ US$11,000–35,000)
Routine gliomas and meningiomas commonly total ¥80,000–150,000 all-in; high-grade, skull-base and brainstem cases with navigation and monitoring reach ¥150,000–250,000.
Plan your budget at the top of the range. Final costs depend on the treatment plan your doctor sets after seeing you.