What the medical abortion pill costs, and why it is not sold alone
Lawful, licensed, confidential. Termination of pregnancy at Pai Hospital is carried out lawfully under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (as amended), at a licensed facility, by registered medical practitioners, within the limits and the certification that the Act requires. We do not carry out or offer sex determination of any kind, at any stage, for any reason. Your identity and your treatment are confidential.
The abortion pill cost in India is not the price of a tablet alone. The medicine is prescription-only, and at Pai Hospital it is given under a doctor's supervision, with a scan and an examination first. That whole visit is what the cost covers, and the figure you are given after your examination is the figure you pay.
Why are abortion pills not sold without a prescription?
In India these are prescription-only medicines under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, and under the MTP Act a medical termination is prescribed by a registered doctor who has examined you, after the consent form prescribed by the government has been signed. That form is there for your protection: it records that the decision was yours, taken with a doctor who had examined you, at a place licensed to do it. Being asked to sign it is one of the plainest signs that you are in the right kind of place.
Why there is no single rupee figure to quote online
An abortion tablet price quoted for the pill alone, without a scan to confirm your dates and a doctor's examination, is not a complete or a safe price — because a medical termination done without those two things is not a complete or a safe treatment. What it costs for you depends on how many weeks you are and what your scan shows, so the accurate figure comes after you have been examined here, not from a generic number online.
How the figure is fixed
- An estimate on the phone. Usually close, but it rests on a recent ultrasound and cannot account for an examination that has not happened yet.
- Assessment and examination here, by the hospital's own certified doctors, with the investigations repeated so your exact situation and how many weeks you are is known.
- A precise, itemised cost — hospital, medical, pharmacy and laboratory, each set out separately.
- A promised package, in rupees. Hospital fees are taken in full in advance, and the amount does not move at the end.
- Priced per method. The figure is fixed for the method you are given. Tablets are priced separately from a procedure: if the tablets do not complete the termination and a procedure is needed later, the cost of that procedure is added, and the payment already made for the tablets is not refunded or carried over.
What does a medical abortion with a doctor include?
- The consultation and dating scan beforehand, done here in our own department
- The medication itself, given under supervision at the hospital
Read more about what the medical termination process involves.
This route closes early
The medication method is suitable only in the earliest weeks. Past that point a short surgical procedure becomes the safer and more reliable option instead, and it is a larger undertaking than the tablets would have been. That is the honest reason to settle your dates now rather than later — not that the law is about to stop you, but that the simplest option is the one that expires first.
Why buying it without a prescription is not a saving
Buying these medicines that way skips the scan and the examination that make the method safe — the two things most likely to catch a problem early, including a pregnancy that is growing outside the womb and cannot be treated with tablets at all. Any saving on the tablets is not worth losing that check.
The call is private, and so is the visit
Everything you tell us stays with us. Nothing about your visit is written where anyone else can see it, discussed outside the room, or shared with anyone. The staff are trained over years to be non-judgemental: nobody will ask you to explain or justify yourself, and being unmarried changes nothing at all about the care you are given here. As an adult, you do not need anyone else's permission for the decision.
Get an actual number
Call or WhatsApp with roughly how many weeks you think you are, and we will give you a private estimate for your situation, and the exact figure once you have been seen.
Can I just pay for the tablets and skip the scan?
We do not offer that, and would not recommend it anywhere — the scan is what confirms the pregnancy is early enough and inside the womb, and skipping it is a safety risk, not a saving.
Is the abortion pill available without a prescription?
No. It is prescription-only in India, and under the MTP Act it is prescribed by a registered doctor after an examination, with the government consent form signed first.
Can the cost change at the end?
No. Once you have been examined here, the itemised figure you are given is a promised package, and hospital fees are taken in full in advance.
Will the cost be confirmed before I have to decide anything?
Yes. Call first and we will talk you through what is involved and what it costs, with nothing committed until you decide.
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This page is for general education and is not personal medical advice. Treatment depends on your own examination and reports, so please speak to a doctor about your situation. We do not carry out or offer sex determination of any kind.