A Hospital offers a large number of clinical services and
some non-clinical services as well. Patients availing these services can be Out-Patient,
Emergency Patient or In-Patient. In-patient can further be of categorized as per their choice of accommodation, such
as deluxe, semi-deluxe or general ward patient. Justified charging of services and facilities
availed by different categories of patients can be confusing at times, as it
requires a clear understanding of what services or components to be charged and
how to differ the charges for different category of patient. In this post, a
simplified explanation of how to price hospital services to charge it to
patient, is presented. This will also help hospitals in developing a comprehensive
document on hospital’s tariff and relevant policies for billing. In addition, you may also like to check this post on 'How much does it cost to run a hospital?'
For pricing various services of a hospital, services can be grouped under following head.
- OPD services
- Emergency services
- IPD services
- ICU services
- Surgical services
- Medical/Surgical Procedures
- Diagnostic services
- Use of Medical Equipment
- Materials and Consumables
- Packaged services
- Other services and facilities
A brief description of each of these services group
along-with how are they charged is described below.
