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Pieces we can only write because we hold the data: state-programme tariffs, the catalogue of organisations, clinic price lists. Every number comes with a source.
Hyebrid: titanium skull and facial implants free for soldiers who took part in the war
Hyebrid, a laboratory in Yerevan, designs implants for individual patients from their CT scans and 3D-prints them in titanium. In the company's 2026 catalogue every product is for the skull or the jaw and face: plates to close skull defects, jaw and orbital implants, and a temporomandibular joint replacement. On its website the company says this is “100% Free” for all soldiers who took part in the war. The site does not say which war is meant, what documents are needed or whether the surgery itself is covered, so check this with the company. The catalogue lists no arm or leg prostheses; where to turn for those is at the end.
Mammography in Yerevan: who gets it free under state insurance and what it costs in cash
A standard mammogram paid for at the cash desk of a Yerevan clinic costs 6,000 to 10,000 ֏ per examination — the prices in three price lists we opened on 30 September 2026; at Slavmed, 15,000 ֏ is the price of a single image. For people covered by state health insurance and registered with a polyclinic, a mammogram is free, and there are two ways to get it: screening, with no complaints and no referral, or a mammogram on a doctor's referral. The two routes lead to different places: below are both lists, the cash prices with the dates we took them, and how to tell whether you are insured.
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy in Yerevan: prices with and without anesthesia from 22 price lists — and what state insurance pays
A colonoscopy without anesthesia at Yerevan clinics most often costs 25,000 or 30,000 ֏ at the cash desk, with anesthesia usually about 45,000 ֏, and a gastroscopy without anesthesia from 15,000 ֏. We opened 22 price lists, checked 21 of them on the clinics’ websites on 30 September 2026 and added up the full bill: the examination, anesthesia, biopsy and histology. Alongside is what state insurance pays: for a colonoscopy with general anesthesia the Fund pays the clinic a tariff of 30,000 ֏ with no co-payment from the patient, but only with a doctor’s referral.
Dental implants and crowns in Yerevan: what they cost at clinics and what state health insurance pays for children, people aged 65+ and pregnant women
State health insurance does not pay for implants, metal-ceramic or zirconia crowns for anyone — this is written in Government Decision No. 1979-N. But it does pay for dental treatment for children under 18, removable dentures for people aged 65+ (the fund pays the clinic 25,000 drams, with no co-payment) and a dental check-up for pregnant women. We worked out who is entitled to what and where in Yerevan it is done according to the fund’s registry as of 30 September 2026, and opened 15 price lists of Yerevan clinics: what an implant and a crown cost and what the price includes.
MedMeet 2026 in Yerevan: what the event is and how to get in
From 2 to 4 October Yerevan hosts a medical exhibition and conference. The event website has a Russian and Armenian switcher, but the text itself — the description, the programme, the speaker bios — stays in English, so half the city will never hear about it. We collected what the organiser announced — and, separately, what it did not.
You came from Russia and fell ill: how to see a doctor in Armenia without a residence permit and without a public services number
Russian-language guides to Armenia all explain the same thing: first registration at an address, then the public services number (PSN), then attachment to a polyclinic and a medical record. None of them answers the question a person asks on the second day after moving: and where do I go today? We go through the chain of documents using primary sources — and under each fork we give what the guides lack: a live list of organizations with addresses, phone numbers and opening hours where you can come without being attached, and a filter for doctors who see patients in Russian and in English.
Three in the morning in Yerevan: which pharmacies, clinics and laboratories are open, and in which district
At night a person is not looking for an article but for the nearest open door. We have gathered in one place Yerevan's 24-hour pharmacies by district, the hospitals with a round-the-clock emergency admission unit and the laboratories with night hours — with addresses, phone numbers and an honest note wherever two sources disagree. And we say right away where the night pharmacy ends and the call to 103 begins.
You have the insurance certificate — but where do you go: the organizations working under the state insurance, and how much you pay at the cashier's desk
Universal health insurance has been in effect in Armenia since 1 January 2026. Everyone has written about the law itself, and the general guidance on where to go with the insurance we gave ourselves on the /en/insurance page. What does not exist anywhere is a parsed official registry: the Fund does have a list of organizations, but it is an Armenian page weighing 12.8 MB in a single document, while the address of the Russian version returns an Armenian "404" page. We took that registry apart into a readable list: which organizations in Yerevan work within the system, what co-payments are actually listed in it, and at what point of the route they appear.
MRI in Yerevan: what it costs and why prices differ threefold
A brain MRI in Yerevan costs between 35,000 and 103,000 drams — a threefold spread. We opened the price lists of eight centres and worked out what exactly costs more. In some places the price even depends on the time of day.
CT, X-ray and ultrasound in Yerevan: what the state pays and what you pay
We opened the price lists of six clinics and set them beside the state-programme tariffs. For ultrasound the gap is three to five times; for CT, one and a half to two. And for some studies the price depends not on the machine but on who performs them.
What a lab test costs in Yerevan: the state tariff and the cash price
The same test at the same clinic has two prices. Under the state programme the fund pays for it; in cash, you do. We took both figures from primary sources and put them side by side.