Fees

Outpatient Consultation fees

Insured patients:
Invoices will be directed to the insurance company and are charged at their fixed rates. If no details are provided we will invoice you directly at self-funding rates. Any shortfalls, excesses or claims declined by your insurer are your responsibility.

Self-funding patients:
Face to Face New consultation: £220
Face to Face Follow up consultation: £180
Telephone/Video consultation: £160

Outpatient procedure charges are in addition to the consultation fee

Pure Tone Audiometry: £60 (hearing test)
Tympanometry: £40 (Ear pressure test)
Nasendoscopy: £150 (fibre-optic examination of nose and throat)
Nasal cautery: £150 (for nose bleeds)
Tongue tie: £250
Removal foreign body in ear: £125
Removal foreign body in nose: £100
Aural toilet including microsuction (wax removal) – included

Clinic cancellation policy and non-attendance in Outpatients

The Hospital booking teams will outline the cancellation policy at the time of booking, and all patients are asked to kindly adhere to this. Late cancellations, without good reason, or no-shows are extremely disruptive, and may mean that other patients cannot book in and have to wait longer to be seen.

If a clinic appointment is cancelled within 24 hours of the scheduled time, a full consultation fee may be applicable, unless there is a good reason (such as illness). Please kindly contact Mr Patel’s secretary out of courtesy if this is the case. For patients who are booked in but do not attend, then a full consultation fee will be applied. Such fees will not normally be recoverable from insurance companies.

Surgery Fees

For insured patients, we provide codes for surgical procedures, which can be used to pre-authorise surgery with the relevant insurance company.

For self-funding patients, each Hospital will make charges to host the procedure and these can vary between hospitals. Mr Patel and his anaesthetist colleagues will each make separate charges to undertake the surgery. We normally invoice similar fees to the fee schedule outlined by WPA on the following link. However, certain more complex operations may need a more tailored fee schedule given the risks and post operative care involved. https://www.wpa.org.uk/healthcare-providers/medical-fees. Please contact my secretary for a formal quote once we have decided upon the surgery required.

Where two or more surgical procedures are performed at the same time, it is usual to invoice at 100% of the cost of the main procedure and then an additional 50% of the stated cost for other procedures.