Patient-aligned
No hospital or physician referral commissions, and no percentage of your medical bill. The person seeking care is the client — the only one.
ABOUT PATHLUMA
About PathLuma
A patient-aligned way to navigate healthcare in China.
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Why PathLuma exists
Cross-border healthcare should begin with clarity, not pressure.
China’s healthcare system contains significant specialist depth, fast diagnostic capacity and a wide range of care settings. For someone outside the system, however, the path can be difficult to interpret.
PathLuma was created to make that path more understandable: what to review first, which type of provider may fit, what information is needed, what it may cost and what remains uncertain.
Advised by practising physicians
Our advisory physicians come from top-tier (Grade 3A) hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with international background and doctoral-level qualifications. They help answer whether treatment is worth doing in China, where, and by whom.
Clinically bounded
We organise access and pathway judgment. Diagnosis, treatment decisions and prescriptions belong to the licensed hospitals and physicians who examine you.
Transparent by structure
Coordination fees are separated from medical charges, confirmed in writing before work begins, and never taken as a share of your medical bill.
One brand, two paths
Serious care and preventive screening connect when they need to.
Medical Care in China supports people who already have a diagnosis, symptoms or treatment need.
Health Check in China supports people already traveling to China who want to use part of the trip for preventive screening.
If screening identifies an abnormality, the second path can continue into the first.
A clearer path to healthcare.
“PathLuma” is a brand name built around the idea of a clearer way forward. We let the work—not an overexplained name—carry that promise.
Talk to PathLumaOur principles, team and boundariesEditorial & review policy
How this guide is produced. It is written and maintained by the PathLuma patient-navigation team, based on day-to-day coordination work with international patients and on public information from Chinese hospitals and health authorities. It is general information, not medical advice: diagnosis, treatment decisions and prescriptions belong to licensed medical institutions. PathLuma is not a hospital or medical provider and does not employ physicians.
We do not accept referral commissions from hospitals or physicians, and no hospital mentioned here has paid to be included. Cost figures are planning ranges drawn from public self-pay information — a hospital’s written estimate is the only number worth planning around. When a specific article has been reviewed by a licensed physician, we will name that physician and their credentials here.