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Fees and Charges

Outpatient Services

 

Registra­tion Fee

Copay­ment

Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Expense

Outpa­tient Ser­vices

Western Medicine

NT$100

NT$80

Total

Medication Fee

Dentistry

NT$100

NT$50

< NT$100

NT$0

Chinese Medicine

NT$50

NT$50

NT$101~200

NT$20

Emergency Care

NT$200

NT$150

NT$201~300

NT$40

Notes:

  1. TCH is a district hospital. Pursuant to the National Health Insurance Act, we are required to charge the copayments listed.
  2. Those who are classified into Category 5 and Category 6; are suffering from a catastrophic illness or injury (restrictions apply); are covered by Labor Insurance and have a diagnosis certificate of occupational injury; are registered TB patients; and those who are referred to TCH by a clinic/hospital located on an outlaying island governed by Taiwan may be exempted from the copayment.
  3. Those who are covered by Low-income Household Insurance should show proof of coverage, which is indicated on the NHI Card.
  4. Those with the disability manual and those who are referred to TCH by other clinic/hospital need to pay a NT$50 copayment.
  5. Please refer to the National Health Insurance Act for any issues uncovered herein.

NT$301~400

NT$60

NT$401~500

NT$80

NT$501~600

NT$100

NT$601~700

NT$120

NT$701~800

NT$140

NT$801~900

NT$160

NT$901~1,000

NT$180

> NT$1,000

NT$200

Inpatient Services

Balance Billing for Wards (Per Day)

Copayment (Emergency Ward)

Bed Type

NHI Insured Patients

Self-paying Patients

Length of Stay

Copayment Rates (Note 1)

Single Room

NT$2,500

Charged based on actual expenses incurred

30 Days

10 

Double Room

NT$1,000

31~60 days

20 

NHI Room

N/A

More than 60 days

30 

Inpatient Meals (Note 2)

Notes:

  1. The copayment is charged according to relevant National Health Insurance regulations.
  2. The NHI only covers tube feeding (nasogastric tube feeding) expenses. All other patients need to pay for patient meals.

Breakfast

NT$40

Lunch

NT$70

Dinner

NT$90

Diagnosis Certificates, Medical Records, and Other Documents

According to National Health Insurance regulations, charges for patient diagnosis certificates, medical records, copies of X-ray images, etc. are not covered by NHI. Hence, patients shall pay for relevant costs incurred. TCH’s billing standards are as follows:

Fees for Diagnosis Certificates (Per copy)

Fee for Receipts, Medical Records, Copies of X-ray Images

Certificate of Diagnosis (for non-litigation purposes)

NT$100

  1. Basic printing fee: NT$100. An additional NT$5 will be charged for each page printed. For colored copies, an additional NT$10 will be charged per page.

 

  1. To get a receipt copy or to have the copy stamped “Certified to be a true copy of the original,” an NT$20 fee will be charged per page.

 

  1. Copies of X-ray Images – NT$200 per CD.

 

  1. For each type of diagnostic certificate, in addition to the basic printing fee for the first copy, an extra NT$20 will be charged for each additional copy printed (For death certificates, the extra fee will be charged starting from the 7th copy)

 

  1. Proof of self-payment – NT$100 per copy.

 

  1. Certificate of Diagnosis for Military Service – For patients with such need, it is recommended that you go to designated healthcare facilities for the certificate.

Certificate of Diagnosis (for litigation purposes)

NT$500

Birth Certificate

NT$100

Death Certificate (6 copies per set)

NT$200

Diagnostic Certificate of Catastrophic Illness or Injury

NT$100

Diagnostic Certificate (English Version)

NT$200

Certificate of Diagnosis for Injury or Illness (Labor Insurance)

NT$100

Certificate of Diagnosis for Disability (for Labor Insurance)

NT$500

Certificate of Diagnosis for Disability

(for Farmer Health Insurance)

Physical/mental Disability Pension Payment (Basic guaranteed amount) – Work Capability Assessment

NT$300

Certificate of Diagnosis for Hiring Migrant Domestic Helpers

NT$500

Please Note:

If you are Low Income Insurance insured, veterans, or are suffering from a catastrophic illness/injury, please present us with your NHI Card when paying, so that we can verify your eligibility for copayment exemption. Your eligibility is noted in the NHI Card.

Subsidies and Copayment Exemption

Those suffering from catastrophic illnesses/injuries

If you have received treatment for related health problems in our outpatient clinics, emergency department, inpatient hospitalization, or have received the same course of treatment, you can be exempted from the copayment (You are still required to pay the registration fee).

Low income insurance insured

  1. You are exempted from outpatient and emergency registration fees. (Effective on Jan. 1, 2008)
  2. You are exempted from outpatient, emergency, same course of treatment, and inpatient NHI copayments.
  3. Seniors 65 or older who have no family caregiver are eligible to apply for Caregiver’s Allowance from our Social Work Department.
  4. Those who stay in non-NHI ward involuntarily, or use non-NHI covered medications involuntarily may apply for ward/medication copayment allowance from our Social Work Department.

Registered TB patients

Registered TB patients undergoing treatments for related health problems may be exempted from NHI copayments (Registration fee will still be charged).

Occupational illness/injury

Those suffering from an occupational illness/injury or related health problems and are seeking outpatient, emergency, same course of treatment, or inpatient care for the issue may be exempted from NHI copayments provided that they bring with them the diagnosis certificate of the occupational illness/injury or related ailments (Registration fees will still be charged).

Patients who are residing in Orchid Island or Green Island and have a referral form

Those meeting the criteria can be exempted from copayments for outpatient and emergency treatments (Registration fees will still be charged).

Those with the disability manual; are referred to our outpatient services; have undergone an outpatient surgery or had been discharged and are returning for a follow-up appointment within 7 days of surgery/discharge

There will be an NT$50 NHI outpatient copayment (Registration fees will still be charged).
Transportation subsidy for the indigenous peoples

The subsidy is offered by the Council of Indigenous Peoples. For details, please speak to the local public health centers.