Physicians' organizations and health insurance funds have an agreement on the fees doctors are allowed to charge.
- A conventioned physician will respect this agreement and is therefore not free to set his or her own rates.
- Partially conventioned physicians only apply these rates on certain days and at certain times, while at other times they are free to determine the amount of their fee.
- Unconventioned physicians are free to set their own rates.
Health insurance companies and physicians agree on prices, to avoid unpleasant surprises for patients after visiting a physician. If a physician has signed this Convention, then he or she is said to be "conventioned".
All patients in the hospital get their treatments and examinations in accordance with the conventioned rates, except for MRI tests . These rates are posted in the waiting area of the examination rooms.
You can also request a list of products and services that do not have a strictly medical indication with applicable rates from the Admissions and Registrations department .
Are you looking for a health care provider and do you want to know if he/she is conventioned? Then you can also use the link below to look up whether the health care provider is conventioned. That way, you can be sure that you are paying the official rates, without supplements (except in situations where these supplements are allowed by law).