Donor-egg IVF runs €4,500-8,000 in the Czech Republic and €5,900-8,500 in Spain. But Czech law treats heterosexual couples only — single women and female couples can't be treated there, which settles the choice before price does.
OB Klinika in Prague performs over 500 bariatric operations a year and does nothing else. A gastric sleeve in the Czech Republic runs $10,000-15,000 against £8,500-14,000 in the UK — so the argument here is specialisation and EU standards, not a dramatic saving.
Motol University Hospital runs the Czech Republic's nationwide Children's Heart Centre — around 500 congenital heart operations a year, including transplants. For paediatric cardiac cases, that's a different category from a general hospital.
Unlike cosmetic surgery, a genuinely necessary joint replacement in the Czech Republic can qualify for EU cross-border healthcare reimbursement — if you apply for authorisation before you travel, not after.
Na Homolce is a leading Czech neurosurgery and spine centre, not a neurology department inside a general hospital. For EU patients there is a second consideration most guides skip — cross-border reimbursement, which needs authorisation before you travel.
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