Istanbul · International andrology & penile prosthesis centre
Costs & payment
Indicative ranges, the clinical variables behind them, and a plain list of what a quotation does and does not cover. Nothing here is a price list — under Turkish health advertising rules, and in good practice, a price follows an assessment rather than preceding it.
Men researching treatment abroad are usually comparing three or four clinics whose published figures differ by a factor of two, with no way to tell what accounts for the gap. Often the gap is the device. Sometimes it is the hospital. Occasionally it is the surgeon’s experience, which is the one variable that should never be the cheap component.
The ranges below are indicative and given in euros for comparability; quotations are issued in euros, US dollars, pounds sterling or Turkish lira. They cover the whole package — surgery, hospital, device, hotel, transfers, interpreting and follow-up — not the surgical fee alone.
| Package | Nights in Istanbul | Hospital stay | Indicative range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penile implant package | 6–7 nights | 1 night | Quoted individually — device and hospital category are the main variables |
| Peyronie’s package | 5–6 nights | 1 night | Quoted after review of your curvature assessment and erectile function |
| Girth enhancement package | 3 nights | None — day case | Priced by filler volume; quoted after consultation and measurement |
| Lengthening & girth | 5–6 nights, then 3 nights | 1 night, first visit only | Quoted as a two-visit programme; filler volume is the main variable |
| Diagnostic visit | 2 nights | None | Fixed assessment fee, credited against surgery if you proceed within six months |
Ranges are indicative and not an offer. Your written quotation is issued after a urologist has reviewed your history and is itemised line by line.
Where the variation comes from
Three-piece inflatable prostheses from Coloplast and Boston Scientific sit at the top of the range; two-piece and malleable devices cost materially less. The choice is clinical first — anatomy, dexterity, prior surgery — and financial second.
Virgin corpora with normal tissue take less theatre time than fibrosis after priapism, prior implant removal or radical prostatectomy. Corporal dilation in scarred tissue can double operative time and occasionally requires additional instrumentation.
Straightening manoeuvres for Peyronie’s, circumcision or a girth procedure carried out in the same anaesthetic add cost but far less than a second trip would — and a single recovery period rather than two.
Most implant patients need four to seven nights in Istanbul. Revision and salvage pathways run longer. The hotel and transfer element of the package scales with that, which is why nights are stated on every package page.
Poorly controlled diabetes, anticoagulation or cardiac disease may require additional pre-operative assessment or an anaesthetic review. Occasionally it means postponing until control improves — a clinical decision, not a commercial one.
Girth enhancement is priced by the volume of hyaluronic acid used, and by whether it is delivered in one session or two. The volume needed is estimated at consultation and confirmed on examination.
Always included
Never included
A note on comparison
Ask each clinic the same six questions and write the answers side by side. Who performs the surgery, and how many of these procedures do they do in a year? Which device, from which manufacturer, and will the serial number be registered in my name? Is the hospital accredited, and by whom? What exactly does the price include, and what does it exclude? What are the written revision terms, and for how long do they run? Who is responsible for me in the twelve months after I fly home?
A clinic that answers all six in writing is easy to compare. One that answers none of them is also telling you something, and the price is the least of it.
Because the two largest components of the cost — the device selected and the complexity of the case — are only known after a urologist has read your history. A first implant in a healthy man and a revision on scarred corpora are different operations with different theatre times, device requirements and risk profiles. Quoting one number for both would mean overcharging one patient and misleading the other.
Yes, provided your clinical picture matches what you described and what your records show. If assessment in Istanbul reveals something materially different — unexpected corporal fibrosis, an infection requiring a staged approach, a cardiac finding that changes the anaesthetic plan — we stop, explain it and re-quote before proceeding. We do not vary a price during a procedure, and we do not add charges afterwards.
Chiefly staffing, facility and insurance costs, plus the exchange rate — not lower standards of care. The implant device itself is the same manufacturer part number at a comparable price worldwide; what differs is everything around it. High case volume in a small number of centres also reduces theatre time per case, which is both a cost and a quality argument.
A deposit confirms your surgical date and, for implant surgery, reserves the device. The balance is settled at the clinic before the procedure, by card or bank transfer. You will receive an invoice in your own name. Cash payment is never required, and nobody at the clinic should ever ask you for one.
Your treatment agreement sets out the revision terms in writing before you travel, including which scenarios are covered without a further surgical fee and over what period. Read that section carefully and ask about anything you find ambiguous — a clinic that will not put revision terms in writing before you fly is telling you something.
Penile prosthesis surgery is reimbursed by some insurers and national systems where erectile dysfunction is refractory to medical therapy, and refused by others. We supply itemised invoices, the operative report and a medical necessity letter so you can submit a claim, but we cannot bill an overseas insurer directly and reimbursement is between you and them.
Not on price alone. Ask who performs the surgery and how many of these procedures they do a year, which device brands are used and whether the serial number is registered in your name, whether the hospital is accredited, what the revision terms are, and who is responsible for you in the first twelve months. A quotation is only comparable once you know what sits behind it.
Next step
Send your history and any previous operative reports. A urologist reads the case and replies within two working days with an opinion and a written, itemised quotation.
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