I recently heard about a man, an American, who went to Thailand for a hip replacement. The procedure was done by an experienced Thai doctor, complete with a full surgical staff, in a modern hospital, and included a six week period of recuperation and rehabilitation in what was very much like a resort. The whole thing cost a fraction of what it would have cost him in the United States.
And—when added to the air fare for he and his wife to and from Thailand, plus the cost of their whole stay there, it still came nowhere near what a hip replacement would cost in the U. S.
In fact, it turns out that global health tours are quite a thriving—and growing—business. State of the art medical and dental procedures done in clean, modern hospitals and clinics with the latest equipment, well trained and experienced doctors and staff, and much lower cost, almost always a fraction of what the same procedure would cost in the U. S.