Rhinoplasty runs about $3,000-8,500 in Turkey against €3,500-10,000 in Spain; breast augmentation $3,000-7,500 against €4,500-10,000. Turkey wins on price for most procedures. Spain's case is a single official specialist title you can verify, EU rules and a shorter trip back for follow-up.
Published prices run €5,900-11,000 a cycle, averaging around €8,000. The spread comes from what each package includes — fresh or frozen eggs, a guaranteed egg or embryo count, and whether frozen transfers are billed separately.
Spanish private hospitals increasingly publish fixed prices: €11,990 for a knee or hip replacement, €1,800 per eye for cataract surgery, €3,190 for an inguinal hernia. IVF runs €3,600-6,700 with own eggs — plus €1,000-2,200 in medication that headline prices almost always leave out.
A knee replacement runs $6,500-14,000 in Turkey against €9,000-15,000 in Spain; hips are $7,500-12,000 against €10,000-16,000. Turkey is clearly cheaper — Spain's case is EU regulation, reimbursement and a shorter flight home for follow-up.
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.
A gastric sleeve in Spain runs $8,500-13,000, with Madrid private hospitals quoting around €11,000 all-inclusive. Spain's verified option is a large JCI hospital rather than a bariatric-only clinic — which matters most for patients whose weight comes with other medical problems.
Most neurology guides are written around a single procedure. But multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's and epilepsy are managed for decades, not fixed in a week — and that changes what makes a destination good. Spain's two verified clinics speak six languages between them and are an hour or two from most of Europe.
LASIK in Spain costs about the same as in the UK — so the savings argument doesn't hold. What does hold is surgical volume: Spain's largest eye clinic group has treated over 1.5 million eyes and operates 54 centres.
For a cardiac condition, the wait itself carries risk. Madrid and Barcelona's JCI-accredited centres schedule bypass and valve surgery within 2-4 weeks — against 6-18 months on the NHS — at roughly 30-40% below UK and German pricing.
Spain isn't the cheapest option in Europe for plastic surgery, but it's one of the few places offering cancer reconstruction and aesthetic surgery from the same JCI-accredited department. Guide to Barcelona's Teknon Medical Center.
Spain combines JCI-accredited private hospitals, Barcelona and Madrid's leading oncology centers, and the country's first proton therapy center — at costs 50-70% below the US. Full guide to costs, top hospitals, and the process.
Implants in Spain run £700-1,200 against £2,000-3,000 in the UK — but Turkey charges £500-900 and Hungary £600-1,200. Spain's case is the short flight, the EU framework, and hospital dentistry rather than a dedicated dental clinic.
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