[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":417},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-en-\u002Fguides\u002Fhealth\u002Fsus-and-private":3,"guides-en":331},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":322,"extension":323,"meta":324,"navigation":325,"order":326,"path":327,"seo":328,"stem":329,"__hash__":330},"content_en\u002Fguides\u002Fhealth\u002Fsus-and-private.md","SUS, the UBS clinic and private insurance",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":312},"minimark",[9,22,28,33,49,53,64,67,87,96,100,114,122,126,129,151,159,171,175,205,209,212,235,238],[10,11,12,13,17,18,21],"p",{},"Brazil has two parallel systems: the free public ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"SUS"," (Sistema Único de Saúde) and private medicine with a ",[14,19,20],{},"health plan"," (plano de saúde). The first is open to foreigners; the second is faster and more comfortable but costs real money. Below is how to use both, from residents' accounts and the law. This is not medical advice.",[10,23,24],{},[25,26,27],"em",{},"Checked on 8 October 2026. Prices in the posts are as of the stated date and for Rio de Janeiro.",[29,30,32],"h2",{"id":31},"in-short","In short",[34,35,36,40,43,46],"ul",{},[37,38,39],"li",{},"The migration law guarantees a migrant access to public health services without discrimination on grounds of nationality or migration status (Lei 13.445\u002F2017, art. 4, VIII).",[37,41,42],{},"To register at a clinic you need a passport, a CPF and proof of address.",[37,44,45],{},"Routine visits, vaccinations and basic tests go through a UBS clinic; urgent cases go to a pronto socorro.",[37,47,48],{},"A private plan protects you from queues, but it has a waiting period (carência): for childbirth it is 300 days.",[29,50,52],{"id":51},"sus-and-the-ubs-clinic","SUS and the UBS clinic",[10,54,55,56,63],{},"A UBS (Unidade Básica de Saúde, sometimes a Centro de Saúde or Posto de Saúde) is a municipal clinic near your home. According to a doula-doctor from São Paulo, care at a UBS is free for anyone in Brazil regardless of citizenship and status. There you can see a general practitioner, a paediatrician and a dentist, get vaccinations under the national schedule, have blood drawn for basic tests, have a pregnancy monitored, and get prescriptions and referrals to specialists; some basic medicines are handed out free (",[57,58,62],"a",{"href":59,"rel":60},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fsvoibrazil\u002F1470",[61],"nofollow","post, 19.08.2025",").",[10,65,66],{},"To register you need:",[34,68,69,72,75],{},[37,70,71],{},"a passport;",[37,73,74],{},"a CPF;",[37,76,77,78,81,82,63],{},"proof of address (comprovante de residência). If you rent through Airbnb, they ask the host for confirmation; sometimes it is enough to print your address and hand it in at the desk (",[57,79,62],{"href":59,"rel":80},[61],", ",[57,83,86],{"href":84,"rel":85},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fsvoibrazil\u002F54",[61],"post, 13.01.2023",[10,88,89,90,95],{},"The SUS card (Cartão Nacional de Saúde) is issued on your CPF; in July 2024 it was reported that it can already be obtained online (",[57,91,94],{"href":92,"rel":93},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fsvoibrazil\u002F474",[61],"post, 25.07.2024","). Check the current procedure on the DATASUS page. Emergency help for a life-threatening condition is given at a pronto socorro, not at a UBS.",[29,97,99],{"id":98},"vaccinations-and-the-international-certificate","Vaccinations and the international certificate",[10,101,102,103,108,109,63],{},"The yellow fever vaccine is given free at any SUS clinic; give your CPF. The digital certificate is generated on the ConecteSUS site through a gov.br login and takes effect 10 days after the vaccination (",[57,104,107],{"href":105,"rel":106},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Frusso_no_brasil\u002F246",[61],"post, 06.04.2025","). The International Certificate of Vaccination (CIVP) is free: in April 2023 an author had the vaccine at home through the Beep service (R$ 204, insurance was accepted only for some plans) and got the certificate through gov.br within a couple of hours, even though it was a weekend (",[57,110,113],{"href":111,"rel":112},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F155",[61],"post, 29.04.2023",[10,115,116,117,63],{},"Children and adults are vaccinated under the national schedule: in the maternity hospital a baby gets BCG and hepatitis B (",[57,118,121],{"href":119,"rel":120},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fsvoibrazil\u002F75",[61],"post, 14.02.2023",[29,123,125],{"id":124},"a-private-health-plan","A private health plan",[10,127,128],{},"A plan protects you from SUS queues and gives access to private hospitals. According to the @brazil_lifehacks author as of February 2023:",[34,130,131,134,137,140],{},[37,132,133],{},"a very good policy for a family of three in Rio with the best hospitals costs about R$ 2,000–2,500 a month; per person: a child about R$ 400, a man 40+ about R$ 800, a woman 34+ about R$ 737;",[37,135,136],{},"plans differ in the set of hospitals and accommodation: the more expensive, the better the hospitals and the private room;",[37,138,139],{},"taking out a policy through a legal entity (CNPJ) gives a discount of about 40%;",[37,141,142,145,146,63],{},[14,143,144],{},"carência",", the waiting period: 24 hours from receiving the policy for emergencies, 300 days for childbirth (",[57,147,150],{"href":148,"rel":149},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F124",[61],"post, 11.02.2023",[10,152,153,154,63],{},"In September 2024 the same author was paying about R$ 2,250 a month for an AMIL S750 family plan for three. When a child spent nearly a week in hospital with severe stomatitis, the plan covered a 17 m² room with its own bathroom, meals and treatment; the author separately advises having your own doctor who can come to the hospital and be recorded as the assisting physician (",[57,155,158],{"href":156,"rel":157},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F505",[61],"post, 29.09.2024",[160,161,163],"caution",{"title":162},"Check doses and diagnoses",[10,164,165,166,63],{},"In both private and free hospitals there are mistakes in paperwork and prescriptions: the author describes a wrong doctor's phone number after an operation, a contradictory diagnosis within two days and an impossible antibiotic dose for a child. Double-check prescriptions, keep discharge papers and ask for a second opinion when in doubt (",[57,167,170],{"href":168,"rel":169},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F127",[61],"post, 17.02.2023",[29,172,174],{"id":173},"finding-a-doctor-and-prices","Finding a doctor, and prices",[34,176,177,189,197],{},[37,178,179,180,183,184,63],{},"The ",[14,181,182],{},"Doctoralia"," site lets you find a doctor on a map, read reviews, filter by insurance and book online; the author got a paediatrician the same day (",[57,185,188],{"href":186,"rel":187},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F166",[61],"post, 12.05.2023",[37,190,191,192,63],{},"A private paediatrician in Rio in March 2025: an English-speaking one charged R$ 400, while at a clinic near home the visit cost R$ 100 and the doctor offered a choice of language (",[57,193,196],{"href":194,"rel":195},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Frusso_no_brasil\u002F149",[61],"post, 04.03.2025",[37,198,199,200,63],{},"Dentistry in Rio in November 2022: braces R$ 2,000 plus R$ 200 for each monthly adjustment, an implant R$ 2,800, a crown about R$ 1,300, treatment R$ 200–400 per session (",[57,201,204],{"href":202,"rel":203},"https:\u002F\u002Ft.me\u002Fbrazil_lifehacks\u002F98",[61],"post, 24.11.2022",[29,206,208],{"id":207},"sources","Sources",[10,210,211],{},"Official:",[34,213,214,221,228],{},[37,215,216],{},[57,217,220],{"href":218,"rel":219},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.planalto.gov.br\u002Fccivil_03\u002F_ato2015-2018\u002F2017\u002Flei\u002Fl13445.htm",[61],"Lei 13.445\u002F2017 (Lei de Migração), art. 4",[37,222,223],{},[57,224,227],{"href":225,"rel":226},"https:\u002F\u002Fdatasus.saude.gov.br\u002Fcartao-nacional-de-saude",[61],"Cartão Nacional de Saúde — DATASUS",[37,229,230],{},[57,231,234],{"href":232,"rel":233},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.br\u002Fpt-br\u002Fservicos\u002Fobter-o-certificado-internacional-de-vacinacao-e-profilaxia",[61],"Certificado Internacional de Vacinação — gov.br",[10,236,237],{},"Personal experience (channels @svoibrazil, @brazil_lifehacks and @russo_no_brasil, in Russian):",[34,239,240,246,252,258,264,270,276,282,288,294,300,306],{},[37,241,242],{},[57,243,245],{"href":59,"rel":244},[61],"What a UBS is, 19.08.2025",[37,247,248],{},[57,249,251],{"href":84,"rel":250},[61],"Childbirth: registering, 13.01.2023",[37,253,254],{},[57,255,257],{"href":119,"rel":256},[61],"Vaccinations, 14.02.2023",[37,259,260],{},[57,261,263],{"href":92,"rel":262},[61],"SUS online, 25.07.2024",[37,265,266],{},[57,267,269],{"href":148,"rel":268},[61],"Health insurance, 11.02.2023",[37,271,272],{},[57,273,275],{"href":168,"rel":274},[61],"Mistakes in medicine, 17.02.2023",[37,277,278],{},[57,279,281],{"href":156,"rel":280},[61],"Hospital with a child, 29.09.2024",[37,283,284],{},[57,285,287],{"href":111,"rel":286},[61],"Yellow fever vaccination, 29.04.2023",[37,289,290],{},[57,291,293],{"href":186,"rel":292},[61],"Doctoralia, 12.05.2023",[37,295,296],{},[57,297,299],{"href":202,"rel":298},[61],"A dentist, 24.11.2022",[37,301,302],{},[57,303,305],{"href":105,"rel":304},[61],"Yellow fever vaccination certificate, 06.04.2025",[37,307,308],{},[57,309,311],{"href":194,"rel":310},[61],"Private paediatrics, 04.03.2025",{"title":313,"searchDepth":314,"depth":314,"links":315},"",2,[316,317,318,319,320,321],{"id":31,"depth":314,"text":32},{"id":51,"depth":314,"text":52},{"id":98,"depth":314,"text":99},{"id":124,"depth":314,"text":125},{"id":173,"depth":314,"text":174},{"id":207,"depth":314,"text":208},"How healthcare works in Brazil for a foreigner: free SUS and the UBS clinic, vaccinations and the certificate, a private health plan and real prices.","md",{},true,1,"\u002Fguides\u002Fhealth\u002Fsus-and-private",{"title":5,"description":322},"guides\u002Fhealth\u002Fsus-and-private","sIsDi8LBAgRZewDa5MUU2Y-ghMMYMsalQnESbNFiWVE",[332,336,340,345,350,355,359,363,367,372,376,377,381,385,389,393,397,401,405,409,413],{"path":333,"title":334,"description":335,"order":326},"\u002Fguides\u002Fcar\u002Fbuy-car","Buying a car","How a foreigner buys a used car in Pernambuco: from a dealer or a private seller, checks, DETRAN transfer, IPVA, insurance and driving licence.",{"path":337,"title":338,"description":339,"order":314},"\u002Fguides\u002Fcar\u002Fcnh","Exchanging a licence for a Brazilian CNH","How to exchange a foreign driving licence for a Brazilian CNH in Rio de Janeiro: documents, translation, medical and psychological checks, prices and timing; 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