Telangana government has fixed a ceiling on rates to be charged by private hospitals and laboratories for COVID-19 treatment and testing.
As per an ordered issued on Tuesday, the rate per day for routine ward and Isolation will be ₹4,000. The charges per day for ICU without ventilator (plus Isolation) has been fixed at ₹7,500 and the charges per day for ICU with ventilator (plus Isolation) is ₹9,000.
The inclusions in the three categories of treatment are monitoring and investigations like CBC, Urine routine, HIV spot, Anti HCV, Serum Creatinine and others, the order said.
The exclusions in the three categories are interventional procedures like Central line insertion, Chemoport insertion and also high end drugs like Immunoglobins and