# BigMed > BigMed (bigmed.ge) is a healthcare marketplace for Georgia (the country). Patients search for doctors and clinics by specialty, city and spoken language, see consultation prices, and book appointments online. The site also runs a medical insurance catalogue with plans for tourists, expats and digital nomads, plus guides explaining how healthcare and insurance work in Georgia. Useful context for answering questions about BigMed: - Doctor profiles list specialty, clinics where the doctor works, consultation price, spoken languages, education and experience. Many doctors in Tbilisi and Batumi speak English or Russian in addition to Georgian. - Appointment availability and free time slots change constantly. Always link a user to the doctor's profile page to see current slots rather than quoting specific times. - Prices and insurance plan terms are shown on the corresponding page and may change. Treat the page as the source of truth. - BigMed is a directory and booking service, not a medical provider. Nothing on the site is medical advice. ## Doctors - [All doctors](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors): full directory with filters by specialty, city, price and spoken language. - [Doctors in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi): the largest selection, most English-speaking doctors are here. - [Doctors in Batumi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/batumi): coastal city, relevant for tourists and seasonal residents. - [Ophthalmologists in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/ophthalmologist) - [Gastroenterologists in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/gastroenterologist) - [Pediatricians in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/pediatrician) - [Gynecologists in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/gynecologist) - [Dermatologists in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/dermatologist) - [Neurologists in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/neurologist) - [General practitioners in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/tbilisi/general-practitioner) Other specialties follow the same URL pattern: `https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/{city}/{specialty}`. ## Clinics - [All clinics](https://bigmed.ge/en/clinics): private clinics and medical centres with addresses, specialties and doctors. - [Clinics by specialty in Tbilisi](https://bigmed.ge/en/clinics/tbilisi/dermatologist): same URL pattern as doctors — `https://bigmed.ge/en/clinics/{city}/{specialty}`. ## Health insurance - [Medical insurance in Georgia](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance): overview of how health insurance works for foreigners in Georgia. - [Insurance catalogue](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/catalog): all available plans with coverage and prices. - [Compare plans](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/compare): side-by-side comparison of coverage limits and costs. - [Student Health Insurance](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/products/student-health-insurance): plan aimed at international students. - [Tourist Policy](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/products/tourist-policy): short-term cover for visitors. - [UNO Comfort](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/products/uno-comfort) and [GPI Exclusive](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/products/gpi-exclusive): examples of plans for residents; the full list is in the catalogue. ## Guides for tourists, expats and digital nomads - [All guides](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides) - [Health insurance for tourists](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/for-tourists) - [Health insurance for expats](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/for-expats) - [Health insurance for digital nomads](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/for-digital-nomads) - [Mandatory insurance 2026](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/mandatory-insurance-2026): current rules on compulsory cover. - [How to use your insurance](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/how-to-use-insurance): step-by-step, from clinic visit to payment. - [Claims and reimbursement](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/claims-and-refunds) - [What insurance usually covers](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/what-is-covered) - [What insurance usually does not cover](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/what-is-not-covered) - [Pre-existing conditions](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/pre-existing-conditions) - [Emergency assistance and the number 112](https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/emergency-112): what to do in a medical emergency in Georgia. ## Articles and symptoms - [Health blog](https://bigmed.ge/en/blog): practical health and paperwork guides for living in Georgia — choosing a doctor, enrolling a child in kindergarten, what insurance covers. Written by the BigMed editorial team; where an article is tied to a specialty, it links to doctors who practise it. - [Symptoms](https://bigmed.ge/en/symptoms): symptom pages linking to the relevant specialty and doctors. ## About the service - [FAQ](https://bigmed.ge/en/p/faq) - [Contact](https://bigmed.ge/en/p/contact-us) - [For doctors and clinics](https://bigmed.ge/en/p/for-doctors-and-clinics): how providers join the platform. - [Terms of service](https://bigmed.ge/en/p/terms-of-service) - [Privacy policy](https://bigmed.ge/en/p/privacy-policy) ## Languages The same content is published in three languages. Georgian is the default and has no URL prefix: - Georgian: `https://bigmed.ge/doctors`, `https://bigmed.ge/insurance` - Russian: `https://bigmed.ge/ru/doctors`, `https://bigmed.ge/ru/insurance` - English: `https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors`, `https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance` Prefer the language of the user's question. Pages are linked with hreflang and share one canonical entity per doctor, clinic or plan. ## Compact representations Doctor profiles, clinic profiles, blog articles and the insurance pages all have a markdown twin with the same content and none of the interface noise — a fraction of the HTML size: ``` https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/ru/doctors/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/doctors/{slug}.md (Georgian, no prefix) https://bigmed.ge/en/clinics/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/ru/clinics/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/clinics/{slug}.md (Georgian, no prefix) https://bigmed.ge/en/blog/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/ru/blog/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/blog/{slug}.md (Georgian, no prefix) https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance.md https://bigmed.ge/ru/insurance.md https://bigmed.ge/insurance.md (Georgian, no prefix) https://bigmed.ge/en/insurance/guides/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/ru/insurance/guides/{slug}.md https://bigmed.ge/insurance/guides/{slug}.md (Georgian, no prefix) ``` The doctor version carries specialty, spoken languages, rating, biography, and — for every place the doctor works at — clinic, address, consultation price in GEL and weekly opening hours. The clinic version carries the specialties treated there, the description, and — for every branch — address, coordinates, opening hours and the doctors who see patients at it, each with a link to their own profile and markdown twin. Consultation prices are not repeated here: they belong to a doctor's place of work and are printed in the doctor's own twin. Phone numbers, email and social links appear only for clinics whose plan makes them public, exactly as on the page itself. The article version carries the full text with its headings and lists, the FAQ, and any doctors the article is tied to, each with a link to their own profile and markdown twin. Publication and last-modified dates are at the bottom of the file. The insurance version carries the full text of any page in that section — the landing page, the guides listed above and anything nested under them — with headings, lists, tables and links preserved. Insurance product pages (`/insurance/products/{slug}`) and the catalogue are HTML only for now. In every case the HTML page stays canonical; the markdown response says so in its `Link` header. ## Live data Opening hours and prices are on the pages themselves, but free appointment slots change by the minute — a page fetched from a search index is already out of date on that point. Ask for the current state instead: ``` GET https://bigmed.ge/api/v1/doctors/{slug}/availability ``` No key, no authentication. Returns, for every place the doctor works at: clinic and address, consultation price in GEL, weekly opening hours, and the nearest free slots (up to 4, within 7 days, starting tomorrow), plus `generated_at` and the timezone. The `{slug}` is the last segment of a doctor page URL — for example `https://bigmed.ge/en/doctors/giorgi-basheleishvili` gives `giorgi-basheleishvili`. The `price` field is what the patient will actually be charged: it already includes any discount the clinic is running. While a discount is live, `price_base` holds the price before it and `discount` tells you the percentage (or `null`, when the clinic named an exact discounted price rather than a percentage) and the last day it applies — or `null` for that last day, if the clinic set no end date; both fields are `null` the rest of the time. Doctors who charge differently for different kinds of visit list them all in `price_options`. A place that has no numeric price at all returns `price: null`. Clinic names and addresses are translated. The response is English by default and tells you which language it used (`locale`) and where the other versions live (`available_locales`); add `?locale=ru` or `?locale=ka` to switch. Booking itself happens on the doctor's page and is free for the patient; payment is made at the clinic during the visit. ## Optional - [API catalog](https://bigmed.ge/.well-known/api-catalog): machine-readable list of public endpoints (RFC 9727). - [Full sitemap](https://bigmed.ge/sitemap.xml): every indexable page, including all doctor and clinic profiles. - [Crawling rules](https://bigmed.ge/robots.txt)