Walking into a hospital sounds about as much fun to me as being mugged in an alley.

And if I were to go to a US hospital, I suspect the outcome to my wallet would be about the same as getting mugged.

Instead, I opted to dip my feet into the world of medical tourism.

There's nothing wrong with me that I know of — I'm fairly young (mid-30s) and healthy. But it's been about ten years since I last went to the doctor, so I figured a check up wouldn't hurt.

But I didn't want just ANY checkup. I wanted the full 100,000 mile tune-up.

So where did I go to receive top-notch healthcare at a bargain price? Mexico!

After doing some research, I booked an appointment at a popular Mexico City hospital which caters to foreigners.

I say 'appointment', but it was actually more than a dozen appointments in one, everything from dental, abdominal ultrasound, blood work, and more. But everything was finished in just a few hours.

Here's how it went.

After flying into Mexico City I arrived at the Medica Sur complex and checked into my hotel — there is a Holiday Inn in one of the several buildings on campus.

At 7am I headed into the check-up center.

My broken Spanish prompted them to assign me a translator at no extra cost, even though most of the doctors spoke perfect English anyway.

The hospital runs these check-ups extremely efficiently; there was shockingly very little down time in between appointments. I never waited for much more than ten minutes between tests and consultations.