Hospitals in Hua Hin

Hua Hin is a quieter place to fall ill than Pattaya or Phuket, and its hospitals reflect that: fewer of them, smaller, and less used to foreign patients — but the essentials are here. The Bangkok Dusit group opened a full private hospital on Phetkasem Road in 2011, the town’s original private hospital has been treating visitors since 1997, and the public Hua Hin Hospital at the northern end of town is a 400-bed general hospital that takes the serious road accidents and complicated cases for the whole coast. Cha-am to the north and Pranburi to the south each have a 60-bed district hospital of their own.

This page lists all five with the practical detail: what kind of hospital it is, roughly how big, where it sits on the Phetkasem Road strip, how to call it and how to find it on a map. Every name opens a full page on that hospital. Details were checked in September 2026 against each hospital’s own website where it could be reached, and otherwise against at least two independent directories that agree; switchboards change, so if a number fails, call 1669.

The 5 at a glance

Bed counts are approximate. Tap a name for the full page.

The hospitals

Which hospital should I go to?

For anything serious when you hold travel insurance, go to Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin at Soi 94: it is internationally accredited, runs advanced-life-support ambulances and can fly a critical patient to Bangkok. For a minor illness or injury in the centre, where you want to be seen quickly in English at a lower price, San Paulo Hua Hin Hospital between Soi 84 and 86 is the practical choice. Without insurance, or for anything the private hospitals cannot handle, Hua Hin Hospital at the northern end of town is the big public hospital, and the cheapest. Staying up the coast in Cha-am, Cha-am Hospital is the local district hospital; down the coast in Pak Nam Pran or Pranburi it is Pranburi Hospital — both fine for everyday problems and for stabilising an emergency, both likely to send a serious case on to Hua Hin. In a life-or-death emergency call 1669 and let the crew decide.

What will it cost?

Three tiers, as everywhere in Thailand. The public hospitals — Hua Hin, Cha-am and Pranburi — charge foreigners a higher tariff than Thai citizens but still very little by Western standards: a consultation, basic tests and medicine typically costs less than a night in a mid-range hotel, and even an admission is affordable. San Paulo is a mid-market private hospital, a few times the public price for the same outpatient visit, and it will want a deposit if you are admitted. Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin is priced like its Bangkok parent, which is to say like a Western private hospital: excellent with insurance, while a serious admission without it runs into the hundreds of thousands of baht. Ask for a written estimate before any procedure at any of them, and for an itemised receipt afterwards.

Insurance, deposits and paperwork

Both private hospitals are used to travel insurance and will contact your insurer for a guarantee of payment — but only if the insurer has a contract with them, and usually only for an admission; outpatient visits are almost always pay-and-claim, and the public hospitals rarely direct-bill anyone. If there is time, phone the assistance number on your policy before you go: it can name the hospital it prefers and open the claim. Take your passport, your policy number, any medication you are on and, after a road accident, the rental agreement and your licence — the compulsory motor insurance on a rented scooter or car covers some injury costs, but only for a licensed driver. Ask for an English-language medical certificate and an itemised receipt before you leave; at the public hospitals you will need to ask, because the paperwork comes in Thai.

Getting there and ambulances

Everything sits on or just off Phetkasem Road, the highway that runs the length of the town, so directions are simple: north for Hua Hin Hospital, south past Market Village for Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin, and San Paulo in between. The national ambulance number is 1669; it is free and takes you to the nearest appropriate hospital, which for an uninsured patient usually means a public one. Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin runs its own advanced-life-support ambulances on +66 32 616 888, around the clock. For anything that can wait ten minutes a Bolt or Grab car is the quickest way along the strip; the green songthaews run up and down Phetkasem and stop anywhere, and a motorbike taxi is no place for an injury. Cha-am is 25 kilometres north and Pranburi 25 kilometres south, about half an hour each way outside the weekend rush.

Beyond Hua Hin

Bangkok is two and a half to three hours up the highway, and its international hospitals are where the most serious cases from this coast end up: major trauma, neurosurgery, complex cardiac cases, very premature births and anything needing intensive care for weeks rather than days. Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin transfers within its own group — by road ambulance or, for the critically ill, by helicopter — and Hua Hin Hospital refers up the public chain. If you are insured, your insurer’s assistance company will usually arrange and pay for the transfer once you are stable; ask the hospital to speak to them early. Phetchaburi’s provincial hospital, Phrachomklao in Phetchaburi town, is about forty minutes north of Cha-am and is where Cha-am Hospital refers within its own province.

Pharmacies

For a cold, a stomach upset, sunburn or a jellyfish sting you do not need a hospital at all. Thai pharmacies sell most everyday medicines over the counter, including antibiotics and painkillers that need a prescription at home, and a licensed pharmacist — look for the framed certificate — usually speaks enough English to advise. Boots and Watsons in Market Village and the other malls are the easy option; the independent pharmacies along Phetkasem Road and around the night market stay open late. Check expiry dates, and see a doctor if a fever lasts more than a couple of days: dengue is present in Prachuap Khiri Khan and needs a blood test, not a pharmacy.

Hua Hin tourist map / Thailand visa guide / Thailand destinations / Hospitals in Thailand / Hospitals in Thailand / All hospitals

Travel information, not medical advice.

Featured Videos