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Costs and billing for private endoscopy
To help you plan your examination appointment, it is important to distinguish clearly between colonoscopy and gastroscopy. The two examinations are billed differently in my practice. These differences remain even when the examinations are combined.
Colonoscopy with private inpatient supplementary insurance
For patients with private inpatient supplementary insurance, the colonoscopy is billed directly to the supplementary insurer. Please check with your insurer yourself in advance whether your specific policy covers the planned examination at the intended private hospital and whether any excess applies.
I do not check your insurance cover and do not obtain confirmation of cover on your behalf. General information about direct billing does not replace individual confirmation from your insurer.
Gastroscopy: paid by the patient
Gastroscopy must be paid for by patients themselves. This also applies if the gastroscopy is carried out together with a colonoscopy that is billed directly to your private inpatient supplementary insurance.
Any subsequent claim or reimbursement depends on your policy. This does not constitute any commitment on my part regarding the assumption of costs.
Without private inpatient supplementary insurance
Of course, I can also perform an endoscopy for you without such supplementary insurance. Before you decide on an appointment, you can receive information on the expected costs on request. What matters is which examination is planned and whether a specific intervention is already intended. Please note that I have no contracts with the statutory health insurance funds and therefore cannot bill the costs directly to your social insurance.
I will tell you the specific prices personally. A flat-rate price published on the internet without a clear definition of the services included would not be sufficiently meaningful for different examinations and procedures. Please note that a colonoscopy with snare polypectomy costs considerably more than a colonoscopy without this procedure. There are no additional costs for removing polyps with forceps.
Coordination with your insurer is your responsibility. You can ask for organisational details about the planned examination when making your appointment.
Is billing via the e-card possible?
The examinations offered here are performed privately. I do not bill them directly as a statutory health insurance service via the e-card.