Visit and in-patient fees until 31 March 2025

Visit and in-patient fees are extra fees that the health care provider is entitled to charge the insured person for health care services paid for by the Health Insurance Fund.

Visit to the family physicianfree of charge
Family physician home visit

Up to 5 euros

Please note! Pregnant people whose pregnancy has been confirmed by a doctor and children under the age of 2 are not subject to the home visit fee.
The fee per home visit may not exceed 5 euros, regardless of the number of patients tended to during the home visit.

Visit to a medical specialist (including a dentist)

Up to 5 euros

Please note! A fee for a visit to a medical specialist may not be charged:

  • if the person is referred to another health professional in the same institution
  • from pregnant women
  • from children under two years of age
  • in the case of emergency care, if followed by hospitalisation

Please note! If a patient fails to appear for a service on the agreed time or cancels their booked appointment less than 24 hours before the start of the visit or procedure, the healthcare provider has the right to charge the patient double the amount of the visit fee for the next visit (subsection 70 (6) of the Health Insurance Act).

Hospital in-patient fees (including independent in-patient nursing care)

Up to 2.50 euros per day. 

Up to 10 days per case, or a maximum of 25 euros per stay.

Please note! No in-patient fee may be charged:

  • for time spent in the intensive care unit;
  • for the provision of specialised in-patient care in connection with pregnancy and childbirth;
  • the provision of in-patient specialised medical care to a minor.
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