With a view to better regulating private healthcare services, amid the evolving landscape of healthcare services, the Government conducted a root-and-branch review on revamping the regime for private healthcare facilities (PHFs) from 2012 to 2016, including a consultation exercise in 2014. Taking into account the views received, the Government introduced the Private Healthcare Facilities Bill to the Legislative Council (LegCo) in 2017, which was subsequently passed by LegCo in November 2018.
    Price transparency is one of the key elements in the revamped regulatory regime for PHFs under the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance. In October 2016, the Government, together with Hong Kong Private Hospitals Association (HKPHA) rolled out a pilot programme for enhancing price transparency for private hospitals. At the present, all private hospitals in Hong Kong have participated voluntarily in the pilot programme in respect of the following three price transparency measures, namely, budget estimates, fee schedules and historical bill sizes statistics.
    This website gives a brief overview about the pilot programme for enhancing price transparency for private hospitals, and provides a common electronic platform for all participating private hospitals to publicise their historical bill sizes statistics so as to offer the public a convenient access to the historical bill sizes statistics for the past year when they are released by private hospitals on their respective websites.
    All data displayed in this common electronic platform is contributed by the private hospitals and is meant for reference only. Participating hospitals are required to capture data from patients accommodating in standard wards and undergoing the single selected treatment/procedure. Patients undergoing multiple treatments/procedures are to be excluded in the historical bill statistics. Users are advised to inquire directly from private hospitals for details of the items covered by each and every treatment/procedure since these are not necessarily identical in individual hospitals.

Important Notices

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    Private hospitals and doctors are encouraged to provide budget estimates for patients receiving non-emergency treatments/ procedures at the hospitals, as a reference for the overall costs involved. The Department of Health has recommended a list of 30 common and non-emergency treatments/ procedures for which budget estimates can be provided to patients or their next of kin before hospital admission. Please check with the hospitals directly for more information.

    Private hospitals will publicise on their websites the fee schedules of major chargeable items. Categories of items recommended are charges on ward accommodation, operating theatre charges, charges for common nursing procedures, charges for out-patient and/or specialist clinics consultations, charges for investigative and treatment procedures and charges for medical reports and photocopies of medical records. Private hospitals should also remind the public that they can enquire directly with the hospitals about any other charges that are not published on the website. Please check with the hospitals directly for more information.

    Private hospitals will publicise on their websites the historical bill sizes of 30 common and non-emergency treatments/ procedures for public's reference. The statistics should include the annual number of discharges for cases undergoing a single treatment/procedure and the actual billing data for the 50th percentile and 90th percentile of each treatment/procedure.

    The historical bill sizes statistics for hospitals are for reference only. Users are advised to check with the private hospitals directly for the items covered in each and every treatment/ procedure as the detailed items included in the bill sizes are not necessarily the same in individual hospitals. The actual length of stay and the total bill size may also vary in accordance with patient's condition and case complexity. Please check with the hospitals directly for more information.

1.	Health Bureau
2.	Office for Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities, Department of Health