Sick kid at 7am, no GP slot, panicking parent. Every Singapore family hits this scenario. We ranked 5 of the most-trusted private pediatrician clinics + the public KKH option for 2026, across consultation fees, walk-in vs appointment, night-clinic hours, vaccination coverage, and which is genuinely best for what.
When your kid spikes a 39°C fever at 7am, the only question that matters is which clinic is actually open.
> Quick view: SBCC has the most outlets (10, including a new one at United Square) and the only real night clinics, running to 9.30pm. Private consultations run S$50-150. The catch nobody expects: KKH's Children's Emergency is a flat S$176, dearer than every private clinic on this page.
The default choice for a lot of Singapore parents, and part of Healthway Medical Group. SBCC now lists 10 paediatric clinics, one more than it did in early 2026: six general paediatric locations (Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Panjang, Rivervale, Tiong Bahru and Gleneagles Medical Centre #09-05) and four subspecialty centres: Asthma, Lung, Sleep & Allergy (Gleneagles #04-15), Cardiology & Paediatric (Mount Alvernia Blk A #01-04), Gastroenterology, Neonatology & Paediatric (Royal Square at Novena #17-07) and the General Paediatric and Kidney Centre, which now has a published address for the first time: 101 Thomson Road #01-16, United Square, Singapore 307591, tel 6511 5992, Mon-Fri 9am-1pm and 2-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm, closed Sundays and public holidays, with registration closing 30 minutes before each session. Consultation S$50-80, total visit (with meds) typically S$80-150. The underrated feature is the night clinic, and SBCC publishes a master hours table for all of it: Bukit Panjang runs 6-9.30pm on Mondays and Thursdays, Ang Mo Kio 5.30-9pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Tiong Bahru 6-9pm on Mondays and Thursdays, Rivervale 6-9pm on Mondays, and Bishan 6-8pm on Mondays and Thursdays. Every one of them starts at or after 5.30pm with a closed gap in the afternoon, and SBCC states plainly that no night clinic runs on Fridays or weekends. Video consults have moved to the Healthway Medical App and are now much dearer than they were: from S$140 (general paediatrics) or from S$170 (subspecialty) before GST for the first 10 minutes, from S$220/S$300 if you are overseas, with medication delivery S$13-15 standard, S$15-20 for 4-hour and S$25 for 1-hour urgent, plus S$10 to Jurong Island or Sentosa and S$2 to Downtown, Orchard and the CBD. Note the exclusion that catches parents out: SBCC will not teleconsult a child under 5 with a fever above 38°C. Strong on routine fever, cough, NCIS vaccination, and 'first kid' anxious-parent reassurance.
10 clinics island-wide, including a new one at United Square (#01-16, tel 6511 5992). Consultation S$50–80; total visit S$80–150. Night clinics from 6pm to 8–9.30pm Mon/Wed/Thu at five outlets, none on Fri or weekends. Video consult now from S$140 +GST.
Thomson Medical's pediatric chain, and the list has shrunk: it is now five clinics, not six: two at Thomson Medical Centre in Novena (#03-06 and #01-03), plus Thomson Specialists Woodleigh (The Woodleigh Mall), Jem in Jurong and Waterway Point in Punggol. Parkway Parade no longer appears on Thomson's own locate-us list, has no location page, and no paediatrician is rostered to it on the published consultation-hours schedule, so treat it as gone. Consultation S$60-100. Two scheduling facts make this the most useful chain here for awkward hours, and neither is advertised: Dr Ang Ai Tin at Thomson Medical Centre #03-06 consults on SUNDAYS, 9am-12pm, the only Sunday session at any private paediatric clinic in this roundup, and Dr Tan Kuanyang at #01-03 runs a Monday evening session, 6.30-8.30pm. Registration closes an hour before each session ends, and the Jurong clinic is shut on Wednesdays. Separately, Thomson runs a 24-Hour Urgent Care Centre at the Novena campus with a dedicated paediatric urgent-care team and no appointment needed (see the after-hours FAQ below for its published rates). Strongest in this list for newborn and first-year care because of the integration with Thomson Medical Centre deliveries; IBCLC-certified lactation consultants on staff. Best for: parents who delivered at Thomson, and anyone who needs a doctor on a Sunday or in the middle of the night.
5 clinics (Parkway Parade has gone): TMC Novena x2, Woodleigh, Jem Jurong, Punggol Waterway Point. Consultation S$60–100. The only Sunday session here (TMC #03-06, 9am–12pm), plus a 24-hour Urgent Care Centre with a paediatric team.
Boutique pediatric group established in 2000, with 7 branches, all addresses and direct lines published: Paragon (290 Orchard Road #07-02/03, 6732 4718), Mount Elizabeth Novena (38 Irrawaddy Road #04-23, 6268 5441), Gleneagles Medical Centre (6 Napier Road #09-01, 6472 6018), Mount Alvernia Medical Centre (Blk A #06-03/04, 820 Thomson Road, 6478 5925), Pandan Valley (2 Pandan Valley #01-212 Acacia Court, 6465 3050), Parkway Parade (80 Marine Parade Road #05-10/11, 6342 4821) and Parkway East Medical Centre (319 Joo Chiat Place #03-04, 6446 7100). The scheduling reality to plan around: Kinder publishes group hours of Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-1pm only (Gleneagles 8.30am-12.30pm on Saturdays), closed Sundays, so there is no evening or Sunday cover here at all. What it does publish, and nothing else on this page does, is an after-office emergency number: 6535 8833. In-clinic consultation fees are not published, so the S$80-150 commonly quoted is an estimate, so call the branch. Its telemedicine rates are published, though, and they are the cheapest video consult in this roundup: S$80-120 general, S$120-250 subspecialty, in 15-minute blocks. Two limits sit on Kinder's own telemedicine page and almost nobody quotes them. The service is offered to existing patients only, mainly for follow-up consults, so the cheapest video rate on this page is not a way into the practice; and only four of its doctors run it, Dr Dawn Lim, Dr Mas Suhaila, Dr Theodric Lee and Dr Darryl Lim. Fever is teleconsultable only under 5 days, and prescribed medication is self-collection from the clinic, with no delivery. The Kinder differentiator remains the unhurried slot for developmental concerns, special-needs assessments and behavioural questions that get rushed at chain clinics, and most doctors are subspecialists (nephrology, respiratory, allergy and immunology, rheumatology, neurology, sleep, endocrinology). Appointments preferred; walk-ins occasionally accepted. Best for: parents with developmental concerns, special-needs kids, or who simply want unhurried consultations.
7 branches (Paragon, Mt Elizabeth Novena, Gleneagles, Mt Alvernia, Pandan Valley, Parkway Parade, Parkway East). Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat morning, closed Sun. After-office emergency line 6535 8833. Video consult S$80–120, the cheapest here, but existing patients only.
A small, long-established specialist paediatric practice with two consulting locations: Mount Alvernia Hospital's Medical Centre Block D, at 820 Thomson Road, #08-56/57, Singapore 574623 (tel 6255 5239), and a second room at Gleneagles Hospital Annexe Block, 6A Napier Road, #02-43/44, Singapore 258500 (tel 6471 1077). Not a chain, and easy to miss precisely because it does not advertise like one. The doctors are senior consultants who keep deliberately small case loads, covering acute childhood illness, childhood lung conditions, immunisations, child development assessment, and nutrition and growth management, alongside subspecialty work such as paediatric rheumatology. Both rooms are separately approved Baby Bonus institutions, registered with MSF under different doctors (Dr Ong Eng Keow at Mount Alvernia, institution code 9405515; Dr Ngiam Thye Eng at Gleneagles, code 9405458), so Child Development Account funds work at either, but treat them as two practices rather than one chain. Appointment-only, and the hours differ by room: Mount Alvernia runs roughly 9am–4.30pm Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri and 9am–12.30pm Wed and Sat, while Gleneagles runs 9am–12.30pm and 2–4.30pm Monday to Friday. Neither has evening or Sunday cover, so this is not your after-hours fever option. Call for current consultation fees. Best for: second opinions, ongoing specialist follow-up, and families already under Mount Alvernia care.
Mount Alvernia Medical Centre Blk D, 820 Thomson Road #08-56/57 (tel 6255 5239) + Gleneagles Annexe, 6A Napier Road #02-43/44 (tel 6471 1077). Appointment-only. Mt Alvernia Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 9am–4.30pm, Wed & Sat 9am–12.30pm; Gleneagles Mon–Fri 9am–12.30pm & 2–4.30pm. Both separately Baby Bonus approved.
The public hospital option, and the destination for serious cases. KKH Children's Emergency (24/7 at 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899) is where you go for high fever in an infant under 3 months, breathing concerns, severe injury or suspected serious infection. What almost every roundup gets wrong, including our own earlier version, is the price. KKH publishes it: the Children's Emergency attendance fee is a FLAT S$176, covering basic laboratory investigations, basic procedures, x-ray and standard charges, with specialised emergency investigations charged on top. That is dearer than a consultation at any private clinic on this page. The specialist outpatient clinic is where the subsidy lives, and it is conditional: S$43.50-S$101.49 for a subsidised Singapore Citizen, but you only qualify if you were referred from a polyclinic, from a public-hospital A&E, from a public hospital where you are already subsidised, or by a GP under CHAS. One trap sits inside that list: KKH's own notes say a polyclinic referral made out to a named doctor is billed privately, so asking for a particular specialist can cost you the subsidy, and the published rates assume you have a prior appointment. Self-refer, walk in, or come with a referral from a private GP or private hospital and you pay the private rate: S$192.82-S$239.26 first consultation and S$139.41-S$181.81 repeat, depending on the seniority of the doctor (rates effective 8 Aug 2025, GST included; an appointment lapses after 24 months and reverts to the first-consultation fee). One route does cut the emergency bill: if a PaedsENGAGE-certified GP refers your child, you get S$50 off the prevailing Children's Emergency fee (see the FAQ below for the paperwork it requires). Wait times: emergency 30 minutes to 6 hours depending on triage; specialist outpatient 4-12 weeks for a non-urgent first appointment. Best for: serious or specialist cases that exceed private practice scope. On price alone, it is not the pick for a routine after-hours fever.
100 Bukit Timah Road. Children's Emergency 24/7 at a flat S$176. Specialist Outpatient S$43.50–S$101.49 subsidised, but only with a polyclinic / public A&E / CHAS GP referral, otherwise S$139.41–S$239.26.
| Clinic | Outlets | Published consultation fee | Latest close | Open Sunday? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBCC Baby & Child Clinic | 10 (incl. United Square) | S$50–80 in clinic; video from S$140 +GST | 9.30pm (Bukit Panjang, Mon & Thu) | No |
| Thomson Paediatric Centre | 5 (Parkway Parade gone) | S$60–100 | 8.30pm (TMC #01-03, Mon) | Yes, TMC #03-06, 9am–12pm |
| Thomson 24-Hour Urgent Care Centre | 1 (Novena) | S$69.76–S$132.98 by day and hour | 24 hours | Yes, 24/7 |
| Kinder Clinic | 7 | Not published; video S$80–250, existing patients only | 5pm weekdays | No |
| International Child & Adolescent Clinic | 2 (Mt Alvernia, Gleneagles) | Not published; call the clinic | 4.30pm | No, and hours differ by room |
| KKH Children's Emergency | 1 (100 Bukit Timah Rd) | Flat S$176 attendance fee | 24 hours | Yes, 24/7 |
| KKH Specialist Outpatient | 1 | S$43.50–101.49 subsidised (referral only); S$139.41–239.26 private | 5pm weekdays | No |
The decision tree most parents actually need:
Three things distort every price you will see quoted for paediatric care in Singapore.
The first is that "consultation" is rarely the bill. S$50-80 at SBCC becomes S$80-150 once medication is dispensed, and a nebuliser, blood test or IV pushes it past S$200. Ask what the total is likely to be, not what the consultation costs.
The second is that the public option is not the cheap option for acute care. KKH's Children's Emergency attendance fee is a flat S$176, more than a consultation at any private clinic on this page, and the subsidised specialist rate of S$43.50-S$101.49 is gated behind a referral from a polyclinic, a public-hospital A&E or a CHAS GP. A walk-in at KKH's specialist outpatient clinic pays S$139.41-S$239.26, and so does a patient whose polyclinic referral names the doctor they want to see, which is the version of this rule almost nobody knows. The subsidy is real; it just is not automatic.
The third is that video consults have decoupled from clinic prices. SBCC's telemedicine moved to the Healthway Medical App and now starts at S$140 before GST for ten minutes, up sharply, and dearer than seeing the same group in person. Kinder Clinic, the most expensive chain in clinic, is the cheapest on video at S$80-120, but that rate is open to existing patients only, runs through just four of its doctors, and leaves you collecting the medication yourself.
Every figure above was read off the provider's own site, not off an aggregator: SBCC's clinics directory and its master operating-hours table, its telemedicine fee page, Thomson Medical's paediatricians' consultation-hours schedule and its urgent-care fee table, Kinder Clinic's branch and telemedicine pages, Mount Alvernia Hospital's doctor profile for the International Child & Adolescent Clinic, and KKH's published outpatient charges and PaedsENGAGE terms.
We re-checked every provider again on 20 September 2026. Not one price had moved. SBCC still lists 10 paediatric clinics including the United Square one, all five night-clinic sessions still run at the times above, and its video consult is still from S$140 before GST. Thomson is still five clinics, with Parkway Parade still absent from its own directory, and Dr Ang Ai Tin's Sunday session and Dr Tan Kuanyang's Monday evening session are both still on the published schedule. Kinder is still seven branches at S$80-120 on video. KKH's charges still carry their 8 August 2025 effective date, so the flat S$176 and the S$43.50-S$101.49 subsidised band are current.
Four things we could not see before are now in the article. Thomson's urgent-care fee table, the one page that refused us on 7 September, opened this time and confirms every rate line for line, effective 1 March 2026; the only correction it forced is that S$132.98 is the public-holiday overnight ceiling, and an ordinary night between midnight and 8am tops out at S$131.89. Kinder's telemedicine page turns out to restrict the cheapest video consult on this page to existing patients, through four named doctors. KKH's own notes add a referral condition nobody quotes, that a polyclinic referral naming a specific doctor is billed privately. And the Ministry of Social and Family Development's Baby Bonus register lists the International Child & Adolescent Clinic twice, as two separately approved institutions under two different doctors, which is also why its two rooms keep different hours.
Clinic hours still move when a doctor goes on leave (SBCC and Kinder both publish leave calendars), so call before you set off.
For routine fever, cough, mild rash, or simple ear infection in kids 1+, a regular GP is fine and faster (most heartland GP clinics see kids competently and charge S$30–50). Go to a pediatrician when: (a) the child is under 12 months old, (b) symptoms are unusual or persistent (fever 3+ days, rashes you can't identify, breathing concerns), (c) for vaccinations on the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS), (d) for developmental concerns or behavioural assessments. Pediatricians are paediatric-specialty trained; GPs handle the routine cases efficiently.
Private pediatrician consultation only: S$50-250 depending on tier (SBCC at the lower end S$50-80; Thomson Paediatric S$60-100; Kinder Clinic does not publish its in-clinic fees, and the S$80-150 usually quoted is an estimate, so call the branch; single-doctor specialist practices inside the Mount Elizabeth and Mount Alvernia medical centres S$150-250, also unpublished). Add medication, nebuliser, IV or blood test on top: a typical Singapore visit total runs S$80-350 depending on what is needed. Video consults are priced separately and the gap between providers is now large: Kinder Clinic publishes S$80-120 for a general 15-minute teleconsult and S$120-250 for a subspecialty one, while SBCC has moved its telemedicine to the Healthway Medical App and charges from S$140 (general) or from S$170 (subspecialty) before GST for the first 10 minutes, so the chain that is cheapest in clinic is the dearest on video. Read the eligibility before you compare those two: Kinder offers teleconsults to existing patients only, mainly for follow-ups, while SBCC will take a new-visit screening consult or a second opinion, so the cheaper rate is the one fewer families can actually book. A note on CHAS: SBCC's clinic pages list Baby Bonus and the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule as the government subsidies they accept, not CHAS, so do not assume your CHAS card works at a private paediatric specialist. Where a CHAS GP does matter is as the referral that unlocks subsidised rates at KKH. At KKH itself, a subsidised Singapore Citizen pays S$43.50-S$101.49 at the specialist outpatient clinic, but a self-referred or privately-referred patient pays S$139.41-S$239.26, and so does anyone whose polyclinic referral names a specific doctor, and the Children's Emergency attendance fee is a flat S$176 regardless (rates published by KKH, effective 8 Aug 2025).
Yes, at most chain clinics. SBCC and Thomson Paediatric Centre both accept walk-ins at most outlets (call ahead to check current wait time; peak Saturday morning can be 1–3 hours). Boutique and single-practice clinics (Kinder, International Child & Adolescent at Mount Alvernia, and the smaller medical-centre practices) generally require appointments, and calling at 8am usually gets you a same-day slot, and note the medical-centre practices typically close by mid-afternoon and are shut on Sundays. KKH Children's Emergency is 24/7 walk-in for emergencies, but expect 2–6 hour waits unless triaged urgent. The pragmatic choice for unexpected sickness: SBCC walk-in if it's not severe, KKH emergency if it is.
Thomson Paediatric Centre has the strongest newborn / breastfeeding ecosystem because of its Thomson Medical / Thomson Hospital integration. Many parents who deliver at Thomson Medical Centre carry their pediatrician relationship through to weekly check-ins, vaccination, and lactation consultant referrals (Thomson has IBCLC-certified consultants on staff). SBCC also has a 'Newborn Programme' across most outlets covering jaundice monitoring + 1-month + 2-month checks. For Mount Elizabeth deliveries, Kinder Clinic's Mount Elizabeth Novena or Gleneagles branches are the natural continuation; if you deliver at Mount Alvernia, Kinder Clinic and the International Child & Adolescent Clinic are both inside the same Thomson Road medical centre complex.
Start with SBCC's night clinics, which most parents do not know exist. Per SBCC's published master hours table (re-checked 7 September 2026), Bukit Panjang runs 6-9.30pm on Mondays and Thursdays, Ang Mo Kio 5.30-9pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Tiong Bahru 6-9pm on Mondays and Thursdays, Rivervale 6-9pm on Mondays, and Bishan 6-8pm on Mondays and Thursdays. SBCC states outright that no night clinic runs on Fridays or weekends. For a Sunday, there is exactly one private paediatric session in this roundup: Dr Ang Ai Tin at Thomson Paediatric Centre, Thomson Medical Centre #03-06, consults 9am-12pm on Sundays (registration closes an hour before). Thomson also runs a Monday evening session at #01-03, 6.30-8.30pm. Kinder Clinic and the International Child & Adolescent Clinic have no evening or Sunday cover at all, though Kinder does publish an after-office emergency number, 6535 8833. Outside all of that you have three options. (a) Thomson Medical's 24-Hour Urgent Care Centre in Novena, walk-in, with a dedicated paediatric urgent-care team (see the next question for what it costs). (b) KKH Children's Emergency at 100 Bukit Timah Road, 24 hours, the right call for a fever in an infant under 3 months, breathing difficulty, severe injury or suspected serious infection; the attendance fee is a flat S$176. (c) KKH U-PAL, a free round-the-clock online advice service for under-18s at kkh.com.sg/UPAL, which now includes breastfeeding support and uses generative AI. KKH's own caveat is that its answers may not always be accurate, so treat it as triage help, not a diagnosis. If you are unsure about a baby under 3 months, do not wait for morning. And always ring the outlet before setting off: SBCC publishes a doctors-on-leave list, and evening sessions get pulled when a doctor is away.
Yes, and the answer changed in 2026, so an older guide (including an earlier version of this one) will tell you no. SBCC's own clinics page now lists SBCC Baby & Child Clinic (General Paediatric and Kidney Centre) at 101 Thomson Road, #01-16 United Square, Singapore 307591, tel 6511 5992. It is the branch that used to appear on SBCC's contact page with no address or phone at all. It opens Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2-5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm, is closed on Sundays and public holidays, and closes registration 30 minutes before each session or earlier once the slots fill. The resident doctor is Dr Isaac Liu, a consultant paediatrician and paediatric nephrologist, so it does general paediatrics alongside children's kidney work. Note it is not yet listed in the United Square mall directory, which still shows only the other paediatric tenant. That brings SBCC to 10 paediatric clinics in total: six general (Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Bukit Panjang, Rivervale, Tiong Bahru, Gleneagles #09-05) and four subspecialty centres (Asthma, Lung, Sleep & Allergy at Gleneagles #04-15; Cardiology at Mount Alvernia Blk A #01-04; Gastroenterology, Neonatology & Paediatric at Royal Square @ Novena #17-07; and the United Square one). If you want alternatives in the same Novena cluster: SBCC Royal Square @ Novena is at 101 Irrawaddy Road #17-07 (tel 6255 5017), Kinder Clinic's Novena branch is at 38 Irrawaddy Road #04-23 Mount Elizabeth Novena (tel 6268 5441), and inside United Square itself there is also Aglow Baby & Child Clinic at #02-09 (tel 6259 9554).
Two places take a child at 3am, and they are priced very differently. Thomson Medical's 24-Hour Urgent Care Centre at the Novena campus is the private one: no appointment needed, open round the clock, with a dedicated paediatric urgent-care team for sudden illness and minor injuries. Thomson publishes the consultation fees, effective 1 March 2026 and inclusive of 9% GST but excluding medication, x-rays, tests and procedures. Monday to Friday S$75.32-S$87.10 from 8am to 5.59pm and S$87.10-S$100.06 from 6pm to 11.59pm; Saturday S$69.76-S$83.93 in the morning and S$90.69-S$95.92 from 1pm; Sunday S$81.21-S$86.11 in the morning and S$92.98-S$98.10 from 1pm; midnight to 7.59am any day S$122.08-S$131.89; public holidays S$113.03-S$115.54 daytime and S$122.08-S$132.98 overnight. The catch is in Thomson's own footnote: those are the urgent-care doctor's rates, and any paediatric specialist consultation or treatment on top is billed separately. KKH Children's Emergency at 100 Bukit Timah Road is the public one, 24/7, and its attendance fee is a flat S$176, so at 2pm on a Tuesday the private urgent care centre is roughly half the price of the public emergency department, and even at 3am it is cheaper. Go to KKH anyway for anything genuinely serious: it is a paediatric emergency department with paediatric intensive care behind it, which an urgent care centre is not. Both have a S$50 discount route worth knowing. Thomson's UCC is a GPFirst participating centre, so if it refers your child on to a hospital emergency department you get S$50 off the ED attendance fee plus priority where clinically needed. KKH runs the mirror image, PaedsENGAGE: see a certified PaedsENGAGE GP first, and if they refer your child to the Children's Emergency you get S$50 off the prevailing fee, but the paperwork is strict, you need the original serialised referral form stamped with the date and time, you must arrive within 12 hours, and you must produce it at the Children's Emergency together with your child's birth certificate.
Yes, but the cheapest rate and the most open door are not the same provider, and neither is an after-hours option. Kinder Clinic has the lowest published price, S$80-120 for a general 15-minute block and S$120-250 for a subspecialty one, and its own telemedicine page restricts the service to existing patients, mainly for follow-up consults, with only four doctors running it (Dr Dawn Lim, Dr Mas Suhaila, Dr Theodric Lee and Dr Darryl Lim) and medication on self-collection only. SBCC costs more, from S$140 for general paediatrics and from S$170 for a subspecialty before GST for the first 10 minutes (from S$220 and S$300 if you are overseas), but it will take a new-visit screening consult or a second opinion, and it delivers the medication for S$13-15 standard, S$15-20 for 4-hour or S$25 for 1-hour urgent, plus S$10 to Jurong Island or Sentosa and S$2 to Downtown, Orchard and the CBD. The timing catch applies to both: SBCC states that video consultation hours simply follow clinic operating hours and are by appointment, so a teleconsult will not get you a doctor at 11pm any more than walking in would. Both also refuse the same cases. SBCC will not teleconsult a child under 5 with a fever above 38°C, and Kinder caps teleconsultable fever at under 5 days; for a rash that has spread suddenly, a seizure, chest pain or a child not passing urine, both send you in person. For a genuine middle-of-the-night problem the answer is still Thomson's 24-Hour Urgent Care Centre or KKH Children's Emergency, not a screen.
