What this guide is for
This page explains how a foreign patient finds a published Beijing hospital channel and prepares for the visit. It is about campuses, appointment routes, identity documents, language notes, payment questions, and the practical hour before you arrive. It is not a treatment catalogue and it is not a list of doctors.
You and your licensed provider own the care plan. DragonTrail does not diagnose, select treatment, read medical records, guarantee an appointment, provide nursing, or dispatch an ambulance. If you want a car, a room, or ordinary timing for a companion after a provider has confirmed the visit, that request belongs on the ground-service pages linked below.
Hospital names appear here because Beijing's municipal English site publishes them as international-patient contacts. A directory listing is not a partnership, a referral, or a statement about outcomes. Open the page you will actually use and follow that page if a phone number or an hour has changed since this review.
Start with the city's published directory
The Beijing municipal English site keeps a Medical Guide for Foreigners. It points to major institutions that publish full-process foreign-language services, and to a longer list of other institutions. That directory is the right first map. This guide does not replace it and does not sort the hospitals.
The same city guide says that for an emergency you dial 120. In Beijing the number it prints is (+8610) 120 for pre-hospital emergency medical services. It also notes that hospitals have emergency departments. DragonTrail does not provide that ride.
For an ordinary outpatient appointment, the city guide points to International Service Beijing (京通), the healthcare service on the Beijing 114 appointment platform. The published steps are to open the International Service Beijing mini program on WeChat or Alipay, switch to English, and book from there. Whether a given department still has a slot is decided by that system and the hospital, not by a travel company.
Name the campus before you travel
Several Beijing hospitals operate more than one campus. An appointment at the wrong gate can cost the morning even when the hospital name is right. The confirmation should name the campus, the building or clinic, and the entrance you are allowed to use. Copy that wording, including the Chinese address if the hospital prints one, into any transfer request.
Two published examples show why the campus line matters. They are examples of addresses and contacts, not a shortlist of where you should be treated. The municipal directory includes many other departments, among them Beijing United Family Hospital and Peking University Third Hospital. Open those listings yourself if they are the ones your provider named.
| Item | Campus | Published address | Where this was read |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUMCH Dongdan | International Medical Services | 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District | Beijing municipal IMS page |
| PUMCH Xidan | Separate campus from Dongdan | 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District | Beijing municipal IMS page |
| China-Japan Friendship, international department | International department listing | 2 Yinghuayuan East Street, Chaoyang District | Beijing municipal international-department page |
Peking Union Medical College Hospital's international-medical page repeats the Dongdan address (1 Shuaifuyuan) and the Xidan address (41 Damucang Hutong) and lists ims@pumch.cn. On that page, daytime regular clinics, evening clinics, and weekend-morning clinics are booked in the official PUMCH app. The only appointment phone it gives for special outpatient and dental clinics is 010-69156698. The only appointment phone it gives for obstetrics is 010-69156699. The same page prints a service hotline, 010-69156114, and does not describe that number as an appointment line.
The Beijing municipal English page for the same department still lists a Dongdan telephone of (+8610) 69156699, press 2 for English, and a Xidan special-clinic line of (+8610) 66016199. It also says Dongdan international emergency service is available around the clock at +86-10-69155288, and that the Xidan listing does not offer emergency service. Those two pages do not agree on 69156699. Follow the hospital page: that number is the obstetrics appointment line, not a general international-department line, and 69156698 is only for special outpatient and dental appointments. Confirm which campus your letter names before you call.
The municipal page for the International Department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital gives 2 Yinghuayuan East Street and appointment lines +86-10-84205071, +86-10-84206420, and +86-10-84206419. It marks emergency services as not available on that international-department listing. The hospital's own Chinese appointment page also describes an international department on the east side of the main campus and names other campuses. Match the campus on your confirmation. Do not assume the international-department door and a different campus share a waiting room.
Appointment channels the hospitals publish
A channel is a way to ask the hospital for a time. It is not a promise that the time exists. Specialty clinics, weekend sessions, and embassy lines can have their own rules. Read the page for the department you were told to use.
| Channel | What the published page says | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing 114 / International Service Beijing | City guide: mini program on WeChat or Alipay, English switch, then book | Does not replace a department that only takes its own phone line |
| PUMCH app and WeChat | Municipal page: official app IMS English interface, or a Chinese contact adding you as a patient; also the hospital WeChat mini program | Does not guarantee a same-day specialist |
| PUMCH telephone | Hospital page: official app for daytime, evening, and weekend-morning clinics. 010-69156698 is special outpatient and dental only. 010-69156699 is obstetrics only. Municipal page still prints Dongdan (+8610) 69156699 press 2, and Xidan (+8610) 66016199 | Does not make 69156699 a general international-department line, and does not book a bed or a procedure by itself |
| China-Japan Friendship | Municipal page: WeChat mini program, official account, iOS app, or the three appointment numbers above | Does not mean every campus uses the international-department door |
If your clinician at home has already referred you, keep that referral with the hospital conversation. DragonTrail cannot turn a referral into a Beijing appointment. When the hospital confirms a time, that confirmation is what a transfer quote should follow.
Identity documents
Bring the passport you are traveling on. The municipal medical guide says that when a hospital offers commercial-insurance direct billing, the patient presents the insurance card and passport so the hospital can check identity. That instruction is about that payment path. It is not a complete list of every registration screen in every app.
Appointment apps and 114 will ask for the identity details their current form requires. Follow the form you see. A photograph of a passport on someone else's phone is a weak substitute for the document the counter asks to see. If a companion is registering for you, ask the hospital in advance whether that is accepted for your department.
Do not send passport scans to DragonTrail in order to plan a car. The driver needs a meeting point and a time. The hospital needs the identity documents its own instructions name.
Language arrangements
Published language lists belong to the department that printed them. The municipal page for PUMCH international medical services lists English, Japanese, French, Korean, Russian, and German. The municipal page for the China-Japan Friendship international department lists English and Japanese. Those lists describe what that listing claims. They do not mean every clinician, every campus, or every Saturday clinic works in all of those languages.
Confirm the language of your specific appointment with the hospital when you book. A phone line that offers an English option is not the same thing as an interpreter sitting in the consultation. DragonTrail does not sell clinical interpretation on this guide or on the ground-service pages. An English-speaking coordinator for a car is not a medical interpreter.
Traditional Chinese Medicine access for foreigners in Beijing is a different subject, with its own clinics and its own cautions. Read TCM medical care for foreigners in Beijing for that narrower topic. This page does not repeat it and does not give herbal or acupuncture advice.
Paying the hospital
The municipal medical guide says international patients can pay the hospital with RMB cash, credit cards carrying Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, or JCB marks, a UnionPay debit card, or WeChat Pay or Alipay. It says a foreign-currency card is converted at that day's rate. It also says the charge standard is the same as for Chinese residents, and that patients may pay themselves or use commercial insurance.
Direct billing is narrower. The city guide says it is available when the patient's insurer already has a direct-billing arrangement with that medical institution. The patient then shows the insurance card and passport, and the hospital settles with the insurer. The guide names MSH China, Ping An, AIA, Cigna and CMB, and Allianz Partners as examples of insurers that have such arrangements with some institutions, and it tells you to check the signed list at the hospital you are visiting. An example on a city page is not proof that your policy will pay, or that DragonTrail can confirm coverage.
DragonTrail charges, if you later book ground services, are separate from the hospital bill. A transfer quote does not include the consultation or the procedure. We do not sell insurance and we do not interpret a policy.
The hour before you arrive
Leave with the appointment confirmation, the campus name, and the building or entrance. Beijing traffic and hospital security lines both move. A car that is on time at the wrong gate is still late. If you are coming from PEK or PKX, the terminal and the flight number matter as much as the hospital name.
Plan the seat honestly. A private car used for these rides has a normal passenger seat. If you cannot move into that seat, or you use a wheelchair beyond the car door, say so before anyone confirms a vehicle. Do not assume a sedan is a medical van. Wheelchair-accessible vehicles are a specific confirmation, not a default.
Carry a second way to reach your hotel if the clinic runs long. Hospital delays are common. The people meeting you need the new time, not a clinical explanation of why the clinic is late. For payment inside the hospital, have the method the municipal guide describes, and the insurance card only if you already know that hospital bills your insurer directly.
- Passport you are traveling on
- Appointment confirmation with campus and building
- Insurance card, only if that hospital direct-bills your insurer
- Hotel address in Chinese, for the ride afterward
- A charged phone with the hospital's published contact, not a screenshot from an old blog
Read the official instructions, or ask for logistics
If you still need a time, a department, or a document list, use the hospital and city pages. DragonTrail cannot complete those steps for you.
If the visit is already on a provider's schedule and you need the surrounding logistics, request a ground-service plan for transfers, accommodation, and companion timing, or request a transfer quote for one non-emergency ride. Tell them not to expect medical records.
| Item | Your licensed provider and the hospital | DragonTrail |
|---|---|---|
| The appointment | Books or declines the visit on their own channels | Does not book it and does not guarantee it |
| Clinical decisions | Stay with your care team | Not part of the service |
| Car, room, companion timing | You share the confirmed campus and times | Quotes those ground services when you ask |
| Interpretation in the consultation | Ask the hospital what that department provides | Not offered on these pages |
| Emergency transport | 120 and the hospital emergency instructions | Not offered |
Frequently asked questions
- No. Appointments are made with the hospital or through the city's published platforms. We do not guarantee a slot, choose a physician, or book treatment.
- No. This guide does not rank hospitals by outcomes and does not recommend physicians. Use the Beijing government's directory and the instructions from your own licensed provider.
- No. Do not send medical records, test results, or diagnoses. Your care team keeps the clinical file. A ground-service request only needs dates, the campus, and the logistics you want quoted.
- No. A sedan or MPV booked as a transfer is ordinary private-car transport. For an emergency, use the hospital's emergency instructions or dial 120 in Beijing.
- No. English-language help booking a car is not clinical translation. Ask the hospital what language support that department publishes, and confirm it for your own appointment.
- Use the Beijing ground-service plan for transfers, accommodation, and companion logistics, or the hospital transfer page for a single non-emergency ride. Read the hospital's own instructions before you treat a time as fixed.
Sources and review
Information reviewed: 27 October 2026. Addresses, phones, languages, and payment notes below are taken from the pages linked here. Confirm them on the provider's own page before you travel. A later edit on a hospital site is the one to follow.
- Beijing Municipal Government, Medical Guide for Foreigners. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Emergency 120, Beijing 114 / International Service Beijing, hospital payment methods, and direct-billing identity check.
- Beijing Municipal Government, major medical institutions. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Directory of published international-patient listings. Not a ranking.
- Beijing Municipal Government, PUMCH International Medical Services. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Dongdan and Xidan addresses, listed languages, Dongdan emergency phone +86-10-69155288, and telephone lines that still print Dongdan (+8610) 69156699 press 2 and Xidan (+8610) 66016199. The hospital page limits 69156699 to obstetrics.
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, international medical department. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Campus addresses, ims@pumch.cn, the official app for daytime, evening, and weekend-morning appointments, 010-69156698 for special outpatient and dental only, 010-69156699 for obstetrics only, and service hotline 010-69156114.
- Beijing Municipal Government, China-Japan Friendship Hospital international department. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Yinghuayuan East Street address, listed languages, appointment channels and phones, emergency marked not available on that listing.
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, appointment instructions. Reviewed 27 October 2026. Hospital page noting the international department beside the main campus and other campus addresses.