New prices for hospital stay will apply in Vietnam from January 15, 2019

14:12, 14/12/2018

Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Circular No. 39/2018/TT-BYT unifying prices of medical examination and treatment services covered by medical insurance among hospitals across the country and guidelines for applying prices and payment for medical services in certain cases.

According to Vietnam’s new regulations, the maximum price for hospital stay is VND 753,000, while the minimum one is VND 53,000. To be specific:

Unit: VND

No.	Types of service	Specially-classed hospitals	Class I hospitals	Class II hospitals	Class III hospitals	Class IV hospitals
A	B	1	2	3	4	5
1	Day for inpatient treatment in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/for organ transplant or spinal cord transplant or stem cell transplant.	753.000	678.000	578.000
2	Hospital stay in ICU	441.000	411.000	314.000	272.000	242.000
3	Hospital stay for internal medicine treatment:
3.1	Type 1: Including: communicable diseases department, respiratory department, cardiology department, psychiatric department, pediatric department, gastroenterology department, nephrology department and endocrinology department (for patients with serious drug allergy symptoms, such as Stevens Johnson syndrome or Lyell syndrome).	232.000	217.000	178.000	162.000	144.000
	The above-mentioned departments are under the management of the medicine hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.		232.000
3.2	Type 2: Including: rheumatology and orthopedics department, dermatology department, ENT department, ophthalmology department, odonto-stomatology department, surgery department, department of obstetrics and gynecology without surgery; department of traditional medicines or rehabilitation department for patients with spinal injury, cerebral vascular accident and traumatic brain injury.	210.000	195.000	152.000	141.000	126.000
	The above-mentioned departments are under the management of the specialized hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.		210.000
3.3	Type 3: Traditional medicine department and rehabilitation department.	177.000	164.000	125.000	115.000	106.000
4	Hospital stay in surgery and burn department:
4.1	Type 1: After special surgeries; third or fourth degree burns over 70% of the body surface area.	324.000	292.000	246.000
	The above-mentioned departments are under the management of the specialized hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.		324.000
4.2	Type 2: After type 1 surgeries; third or fourth degree burns over 25% to 70% of body surface area.	289.000	266.000	214.000	189.000	170.000
	The above-mentioned departments are under the management of the specialized hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.		289.000
4.3	Type 3: After type 2 surgeries; second degree burns over 30% of body surface area; third or fourth degree burns over 25% of body surface area.	250.000	232.000	191.000	167.000	148.000
	The above-mentioned departments are under the management of the specialized hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.		250.000
4.4	Type 4: After type 3 surgeries; first or second degree burns of less than 30% of the body surface area	225.000	208.000	163.000	142.000	128.000
5	Hospital stay in medical aid stations in communes	53.000
6	Daytime hospital stay	Equal to 30% of the price for hospital stay in departments and equivalent patient rooms.
Note: Hospital stay prices for inpatient treatment are not included the expenses incurred on medical ventilators.

View detailed prices for medical examination services at Circular No. 39/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from January 15, 2019.

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