Final bill Example
- Procedure
- Open reduction and internal fixation, right forearm
- Stay
- 3 nights, private room
- Policy
- Sum insured ₹4,00,000. Room limit 1% of sum insured a day: ₹4,000.
Item
Detail
₹
Room rent, private
3 × 6,000
18,00012,00012,000
₹6,000 cut. The room is above the ₹4,000-a-day limit.
Limit explained at admission, in writing. The patient chose the room knowing the cost.
Surgeon and anaesthetist
36,000 + 12,000
48,00032,00032,000
Operation theatre and nursing
24,000 + 4,500
28,50019,00019,000
Linked charges paid at two-thirds, in proportion to the room. ₹25,500 cut.
Same cut, on the patient’s estimate from admission.
Implant, plate and screws
1 × 38,000
38,000held
Held. Query raised: implant invoice and barcode sticker missing.
Invoice and barcode sticker attached before sending.
Medicines
as charted
18,50016,100
₹2,400 cut. Two items with no matching entry in the medication chart sent.
Medication chart pages added to the file. Payable in full.
Investigations
X-ray, bloods
9,8008,0008,000
₹1,800 cut. Billed above the agreed tariff.
Rebilled at the agreed tariff. A smaller bill, and no query.
Gloves, masks, admission kit
as used
3,700nilnil
Not payable under IRDAI’s lists of non-medical items.
On the patient’s estimate from admission.
Total billed
1,64,500