you're unlikely to find any clinic/hospital that is both cheap and english-speaking.... pick one or the other.

The visa physical is mandatory and costs what, 600 RMB or something? When was the last time you had one of those?

If not, wefrucar is dead on. Navigate a local Chinese hospital with a fluent friend or shell out for one of the international providers. Western prices for 'Western' care.

I also agree with Admin. United Family would be my preference for a full physical. I believe Mike Wester did an article about check-ups in the Beijinger and featured this hospital too. BJU is very good with physicals. Alternatively, yes, there is SOS, but both are expensive.

Right, but we're talking about check-ups, not treatment for an acute condition. They were diagnosing you, not doing a check-up. A physical is very different from going in to get bronchitis treated. You go in for a full check-up when nothing's wrong with you to SEE if something's actually wrong with you, like a chronic condition or something else that needs attention. What Admin is saying and I agree with is that local Chinese hospitals aren't that great at doing these full physicals.

If you want to talk about cost, that's a completely different issue. International providers are so expensive as to be prohibitive unless you have some form of international insurance.

That's interesting, as the Ciming exam package we get through work (cost is around 1100 RMB if you were to pay for it yourself) included a doctor listening to your breathing, as well as ECG, blood analysis, urine analysis, abdominal ultrasound, eye checkup, fat density, male/female specific exam, a finger up the poo hole, some holistic thing which I didn't totally understand, and chest x-ray (which I opted out of).

I will agree that these clinics, as well as the hospitals here (including the expensive expat ones) are all about making money. And if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you're best off seeing a doctor. But for most of us, these annual exams are better than what we had back home (no exams until it's time to buy life insurance).

I made an appointment with Dr. Liu by email(goodaycare@yahoo.com.cn).He picked me up to do it. It's good and better price for me!

This is to serve as a reference for future searches, rather than to respond specifically to any posters' questions here.

I went to the Haidian hospital (海淀医院) a few days ago for a physical, and they happened to have everything laid out pretty clearly. If you can speak some Chinese or if you can bring a Chinese-speaking friend with you, then going to Haidian Hospital is a good bet for a basic physical. It is located right next to HaiDianHuangZhuang (海淀黄庄) subway stop: Take exit A1 and it is less than 100 meters to the west. It cost me just over 100RMB for the basic health check, although options involving more tests run all the way up to more than 1000RMB.

Here are the pics I took of the tests and pricing:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/evilgollum/SDC12942.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/evilgollum/SDC12940.jpg

I've been going to an American doctor of Chinese descent (is that correct, Zhenlai?) at United for the last 2 years.

She's very good. Hot, too.

Except now I can't remember her name.

So I guess my post is useless. Never mind.