Complaints again and again

Elective doctors: why fees can be so high

It's not just the prices charged by elective doctors, but also the small reimbursement part of the health insurance that repeatedly causes astonishment among patients.(Bild: stock.adobe.com – Nuttapong punna)

Who hasn't been there? You can't get an appointment with a statutory health insurance doctor in the near future and have to switch to an elective doctor - at significantly higher costs. We have researched for you why this is the case, what guidelines there are (or are not) for elective doctors and what you should definitely do if you go to an elective doctor!

The bill from the last visit to an elective doctor can be a nightmare for some patients - as was recently the case for an Upper Austrian woman suffering from cancer, as reported by "Krone". We asked around: The woman is not alone. Again and again, patients contact their representatives because they are surprised by high elective doctor bills. But how are such prices even possible?