The price is the product.
Cash Medical exists for one group of people: Americans paying for healthcare out of their own pocket. The latest Census annual report estimated 26.7 million people were uninsured for all of 2025, and many insured patients also choose to self-pay for services that are uncovered or cheaper outside their plan.
Many hospital services can surface multiple price types — gross charges, payer-negotiated rates and discounted cash prices among them. Those numbers are not interchangeable. This site is built around a simpler rule: identify the exact service and put comparable written numbers on the table.
What we actually do
- Publish typical cash-pay ranges for procedures across dental, cosmetic surgery, fertility, vision, hair restoration and more — US self-pay rates and Colombian rates, side by side. Always hedged as typical 2026 ranges, never dressed up as quotes.
- Teach the US cash-pay playbook — self-pay discounts, Good Faith Estimates, charity care thresholds, transparent-price surgery centers.
- Offer optional provider introductions through the ColombiaMedical network through our network hub, ColombiaMedical.co, when the international math wins.
Why Colombia
We do not use a decades-old country ranking as a shortcut for present-day quality. For Colombia, patients can independently check professional registration through the government’s public ReTHUS information portal, then separately evaluate the facility, specialty credentials, procedure plan, written quote and follow-up arrangements.
Some Colombia quotes can be materially lower than US self-pay options, but the difference varies by procedure and provider. We compare total written cost — including what is and is not included, travel and follow-up — instead of promising a universal savings percentage.
Who's behind it
I'm Andy. I'm American, I live in Medellín, and I run the ColombiaMedical.co network from here. That local presence makes it easier to understand how providers actually handle international patients, but it is not a substitute for independent credential checks or clinical judgment. Provider introductions are optional and separately disclosed.
I'm not a doctor, and nothing on this site is medical advice. What I am is the operator who maintains the pricing research, keeps the referral path disclosed, and answers the WhatsApp line.
Our rules
Read the full methodology and source policy. Clinics and providers can learn about the shared buyer network at For Providers.
- No fabricated clinic names, surgeon names, statistics or testimonials. Ever.
- Every price is labeled a typical range, not a quote.
- JCI accreditation is cited at hospital level only — it doesn't attach to individual doctors.
- Referral compensation, when it exists, is disclosed in our terms and never changes your price.