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Patient Charges
In-patient billing enquiries phone: (01) 664 4610 / (01) 634 3697
For Accident and Emergency billing inquiries, please call (01) 708 8555, Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
For inquiries outside these hours, you can email us anytime at ae.accounts@rveeh.ie
For inquiries outside these hours, you can email us anytime at ae.accounts@rveeh.ie
Private In-Patient
If you choose to be a private in-patient the following applies:
- You will be accommodated in a designated private room if available. This is a one bedded room and will be liable for maintenance fees and health charges.
- You will incur a charge of €1000.00 per day.
- You will be the private patient of a consultant and also of other consultants involved in your care (e.g. radiologists, pathologists, anaesthetists) and you will be liable for all consultants’ fees, through your health insurance scheme or self-payment.
- In the case of a medical emergency you will be admitted immediately to Hospital and you will be accommodated in whatever bed is available and most appropriate for your care. You will incur a charge of €1000.00 per day.
Semi-Private in-patient
If you choose to be a Semi-private in-patient the following applies:
- You will be accommodated in a designated semi-private ward. Four or ten bedded room depending on availability and will be liable for maintenance fees and health charges.
- You will incur a charge of €813 per day.
- You will be the private patient of a consultant and also of other consultants involved in your care (e.g. radiologists, pathologists, anaesthetists) and you will be liable for all consultants’ fees, through your health insurance scheme.
- In the case of a medical emergency you will be admitted immediately to Hospital and you will be accommodated in whatever bed is available and most appropriate for your care. You will incur a charge of €813.00 per day in a multi-occupancy room.
Day-care (Semi-Private)
Patient will incur a charge of €407 per day.
Payment is due on discharge unless you have valid Private Health Insurance.
Private Health Insurance
Private and semi-private accommodation and treatment will be claimed from your insurance company by direct billing. Specific arrangements and types of fees covered are outlined by the individual insurance companies. Examples of these companies are:
VHI, Laya Healthcare, Aviva Healthcare, ESB, GMA and P.O.M.A.S.
Please note it is the patient’s responsibility to verify with their health insurance company if their hospital bills will be honoured.
Should the private health insurance policy not cover the chosen accommodation or reject a claim the patient is liable for all outstanding hospital charges.
EU and Non EU Members
EU Patients are charged in line with the above Hospital charges. There are no pre-planned admissions for nonresidents in the Republic of Ireland unless a valid E112 form is presented.
Non EU members will incur the following charges unless they can provide copies of the 2 previous years P60 forms (Certificate of pay, tax and pay-related social insurance)or valid proof of residence (valid visa). With provision of residential proof, normal resident rates apply as above.
- Private per day €2800.00
- Semi-private per day €2550.00
- Public per day €2325.00
- Day case €2145.00
Account must be paid on admission.
(Charges updated in Sept 2011)
Out Patients Department : Patients incur no charge
Accident and Emergency Department
Patients will incur a charge of the €100 Statutory Government Levy unless in attendance with a G.P. letter of referral. Payment of this levy will be required upon attendance at the Accident and Emergency Department.
Exemptions are made upon presentation of the following:
- Valid Medical Card.
- Valid Referral Letter
- Health Amendment Act Card (Ophthalmology only).
- Proof of serving member of the Irish Defense Forces (incl. Next of Kin
- European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) (Only applies to Non-Irish European Union members)
- Hospital Letter
Please, note, the presentation of a private health insurance is not accepted for exemption of the statutory government levy of €100.
Statutory Levy is waived for scheduled follow-up or return to service within 30 days of initial payment.
Please note: the EYE A&E department and the ENT A&E department are two separate clinics and will be charged separately. See here
Collection of Monies Owed by Patients:
Patient income forms part of the Hospital’s core funding. As such, the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital actively collects all monies due from patients. It is Hospital policy to take all available steps to collect unpaid debts, including payment by installment. In cases of non-payment, the Hospital reserves the right to engage external debt recovery agencies, and in some situations, may seek a legal remedy to recover unpaid debts.
The Hospital reserves the right to contact patients regarding suspected outstanding balances on their accounts.
Please note that the Hospital may engage with financial consultants to assist in credit control and recovery of debts. As a result, overdue accounts may be referred to a credit control agency.
In the event of non-payment personal data may be shared with a third-party debt-collection agency, as provided for under Article 6 (1) of the GDPR.