We are members of and subscribe to the regulations and code of conduct of the Health Professions Council of SA, the SA Society of Anaesthesiologists ( SASA) and their subsidiary, the Private Practice Business Unit ( PPBU).

Billing Policies

Your anaesthetic account is rendered completely separate from the hospital and your surgeon's account and remains your responsibility.

All billing is done in accordance with the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Private Practice and Coding Guidelines of 2021.

Your account is a summation of the following:

    1.    Preoperative consultation and risk assessment 

    2.    Procedure fee

    3.    Time-based anaesthetic fee

    4.    Other additional fees related to risks and anaesthetic procedures

Our tariffs and rates are based on our training, expertise, experience and practice costs. Currently we use 300% of the Discovery Health Rate (DHR) as our benchmark. We reserve the right to give discount to both insured and private patients which allows for contracted rates in addition to private rates.

If you are insured by a medical aid, we will submit your account on your behalf as a courtesy. However, the main member remains personally and wholly responsible for any outstanding amounts should your medical aid not settle the account in full.

We will contact you only if we have failed repeatedly to procure payment from your medical aid.

If you are a private patient we encourage you to obtain an estimate of your anaesthetic account from us prior to your procedure. 

Please note that, because anaesthetic tariffs are largely determined by procedure duration as well as modifiers related to your individual risk (including age, weight and physical status) as well as additional anaesthetic related procedures (including nerve blocks, placement of indwelling lines and catheters), your final invoice may differ from the original estimate. 

We require all accounts to be settled within 30 days failing which it will then be handed over to debt collectors.

All interest and legal fees that arise from any accounts not settled within 30 days will be for your account in addition to the full outstanding amount.