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What it's REALLY like to visit a hospital in China (Minor Surgery Vlog)

Curated by ChinaVitals · Last updated 25 Aug 2026

What it's REALLY like to visit a hospital in China (Minor Surgery Vlog) — Video by its original creator, embedded via YouTube's official player. Watch on YouTube ↗

What happens in this video

A resident of China films going to a Shenzhen public hospital for minor surgery on a skin tag she had put off for three years — booking on her phone, the ¥25 consultation, and a ¥286.65 total paid entirely by her insurance accounts with ¥0 out of pocket.

Key points

End-to-end minor surgery vlog at a Shenzhen public hospital: phone booking to pharmacy in one morning
Itemised costs on screen: ¥25 consultation, ¥286.65 total, split ¥158.42 state fund / ¥128.23 personal account
Because she is insured in China, her out-of-pocket cost was ¥0 — the clearest demo of local insurance in our library
The vlog itself runs under 14 minutes and finishes the whole visit before lunch, which is half the point

Costs mentioned in the video

Item	Reported amount
Doctor's consultation (registration fee)	¥25
Total visit incl. minor surgery	¥286.65
Covered by state insurance fund	¥158.42
Paid from personal insurance account	¥128.23
Out-of-pocket cash paid	¥0
Didi rides to and from the hospital	¥45
Monthly insurance premium (employer ¥403 + personal ¥134)	¥538

Why we picked this video

This is the most numerate video in the library and our best window into how a routine procedure actually bills: the creator books on her phone, has a skin tag removed at a Shenzhen public hospital, and shows the receipt — ¥25 for the doctor, ¥286.65 all-in, of which the state fund covered ¥158.42 and her personal insurance account paid the remaining ¥128.23, leaving ¥0 in cash. She also shares what her insurance costs per month (¥538, split with her employer), which lets readers do the arithmetic themselves instead of taking a headline number on faith.

What to watch for

The phone-booking flow before she even leaves home
How fast a public hospital moves for a minor procedure: in, out and home before lunch
The payment split at the cashier — state fund, personal account, and what (if anything) is left to pay in cash
The queueing and privacy norms of a busy public department, which differ from anything in a Western clinic

Sources

Original video

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