Fees & Costs
7 articles
- Buying herbs at a Hong Kong dispensary: how much do 斤, 両 and 錢 differ? 1 錢 is 1/160 of a 斤, what a receipt should show, and where to complain
Hong Kong Customs prints the conversion plainly: 1 tael (兩) = 1/16 catty (斤); 1 mace (錢) = 1/160 catty.
Last updated：2026-08-31
- Asking a private hospital what it costs: what you can actually get in 2026 — five Consumer Council recommendations later, the law is still not in force
What you have is not "nothing" — it is "not that kind of thing." The price-transparency provisions of the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap.
Last updated：2026-08-31
- Are $4,600 and $13,250 the same colonoscopy? A full breakdown of what drives private quotations apart, the public system's three routes, and the risk band
This article does not give you a range "from X to Y", because the two ends are not the same basis: one end is Union Hospital's "minimum charge", which
Last updated：2026-08-09
- How much does cataract surgery actually cost in Hong Kong? Public waiting, the $8,000 Project Bright Vision subsidy, self-financed fees, and what VHIS pays
Having cataract surgery in the public system, an eligible person pays 250 dollars per attendance for a 「日間醫療設施接受日間程序及治理」 — a day procedure and treatment
Last updated：2026-08-03
- How do you read a private hospital surgery bill? Four rules for the 50th and 90th percentiles, and two mechanisms that make the numbers incomparable, 2026
Thirteen private hospitals publish actual bill statistics for 30 common operations on a government platform.
Last updated：2026-08-01
- What actually makes up a private doctor's bill? Recommendations, the five parts of one bill, fourteen fee schedules that cannot be compared, and eight questions to ask, 2026
A private outpatient bill has at least five parts: the consultation fee, drugs, injection and procedure charges, laboratory and imaging charges, and
Last updated：2026-08-01
- Does the $10,000 annual cap apply itself? A full breakdown of 2026 public hospital charges, the $400 A&E fee and fee waivers
From 1 January 2026 Hospital Authority charges were comprehensively restructured: Accident & Emergency Triage Categories I and II (critical / emergency)
Last updated：2026-07-31