Kolkata Private Hospitals to Raise Fees, Impacting Cash Patients Most

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Many private hospitals in Kolkata will begin revising the rates at the beginning of the next financial year. Among these, some hospitals will set significant prices for major surgeries and consumables.

Although flatbed and package changer revision and diagnostic costs may not directly hit the patients on insurance, expenses that need the permission of the insurers may be a turn-downer, and those paying by cash may catch a stiff rise.

Some hospitals plan to raise consultant charges and increase the cost of diagnostics.

The increase in prices for surgical devices, implants, instruments for the surgical process, and other items turned out to be too heavy and serious and had to be reflected and revised in the rates, which might not be as big as in the new rates indicated by the hospitals. A fairly large spike may be seen in the price of angioplasty, cardiothoracic, and cardiovascular surgeries, along with some implants like MRI-compatible pacemakers and devices used in spine and orthopedic procedures.

Pioneer Hospital is modifying pay- осны concerning OPD consultation fares, and here are also laboratory prices. Fed will also increase the charges for the bed and package. Incoming a rise is in the work pipeline, which has not yet specified the amount, but the CEO of Peerless Hospital, Sudipta Mitra, said that they will raise the amount in due time. "We would have the only UK-licensed hospital with reasonable surgery charges, but the surgery charges have not yet been decided. An increment is only observed if the implant and equipment prices surge. The fact that most of our patients, around 80 percent, undergo insurance coverage may complicate the situation for other patients not covered. Treating two months as a long time has no right to hike charges for insurance patients until the tenure of agreement with the insurance companies end." He added that OPD consultation charges should be raised based on doctors' seniority.

BP Poddar Hospital is moving to correct "a price which is over-the-market" in some consumables, implants, and equipment, which are the most important.