Perioperative Patient Education Service Fee
Other
≈ ¥20-50
(≈ $3-7)
15 min
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Description
Estimated cost for Perioperative Patient Education Service Fee at general public hospitals in China is about ¥15-40, and at Grade 3A hospitals about ¥20-50, varying by hospital tier and region.
Main Uses
This fee reflects standardized reimbursement for structured, evidence-based patient education delivered before, during, and after surgical procedures. Primary purposes include improving surgical consent comprehension, reducing anxiety, enhancing adherence to preoperative instructions (e.g., fasting, medication management), supporting postoperative self-care and complication recognition, and fulfilling national quality metrics (e.g., China's 'Three-Year Action Plan for Improving Surgical Safety'). Applicable scenarios: elective and urgent surgeries across all specialties requiring informed consent and perioperative guidance.
Normal Range
Not applicable — 'Perioperative Patient Education Service Fee' is a healthcare administrative charge, not a laboratory or physiological measurement; it has no biological normal range or numerical reference values.
Low Values - Possible Causes
Not applicable — this is a billing item, not a clinical biomarker; 'low value' does not reflect a physiological state but may indicate underbilling, service omission, coding error, or institutional policy exemption (e.g., for low-income or pediatric patients).
High Values - Possible Causes
Not applicable — 'high value' refers to billing amount variation and may result from regional pricing differences, extended education duration, multilingual/complexity surcharges, inclusion of digital materials or follow-up sessions, or inconsistent ICD/CHS-DRG coding practices.