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Hospital charges and health insurance

  • 13-01-2015 5:59pm
    #1
    veganrun
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    The subject came up today at work about health insurance and hospital charges in public hospitals.

    If someone has to go to hospital, A&E for example, I understand they have to pay €100 unless they have a note from their GP. What happens if that person shows up to a public hospital such as St Vincent's and they have no health insurance? Would they have extra charges to pay on top of the €100? Or is it a case that you pay the €100 and that's it, even if you require tests, scans, admittance, operations etc?


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  • #2
    his_dudeness
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    If you have no insurance, and are Irish (as opposed to EU using the EHIC card) you will be charged €75 per night if you are admitted, up to a maximum of €750 per year.


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    Vorsprung
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    veganrun wrote: »
    The subject came up today at work about health insurance and hospital charges in public hospitals.

    If someone has to go to hospital, A&E for example, I understand they have to pay €100 unless they have a note from their GP. What happens if that person shows up to a public hospital such as St Vincent's and they have no health insurance? Would they have extra charges to pay on top of the €100? Or is it a case that you pay the €100 and that's it, even if you require tests, scans, admittance, operations etc?

    100 euro if they present without having been referred by a doctor and if they are subsequently discharged from ED.

    100 euro charge doesn't apply if the patient is admitted under an inpatient team. Instead, in turns into 75 euro per night upto a maximum of 750 euro over a given year. This includes all nursing/medical/allied health professional care, tests and scans.


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