The most expensive is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for newborns, with a price of 183,878 euros. A serious heart and/or lung transplant, which costs 146,195 euros, or the implantation of a heart defibrillator, which costs 145,821 euros, are not far away.
A daily stay in one of the major hospitals of the Basque Health Service-Osakidetza costs 1339 eurosan amount that can rise to 2,025 euros if the admission takes place in a special department of these hospitals.
Osakidetza has published the rates for the provision of healthcare services to obliged third parties during the 2025 financial year.
Basically, these prices are the prices charged to people who have a certain insurance, such as car, school or sports federation insurance, and to mutual insurance companies for accidents at work or occupational diseases treated in the public health care network.
These prices are also charged to those insured by the healthcare systems of EU countries and other countries with which the Spanish state has concluded agreements for the provision of healthcare to displaced persons.
According to the price book, the most expensive is the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for neonateswith 183,878 euros. A serious heart and/or lung transplant, which costs 146,195 euros, or the implantation of a heart defibrillator, which costs 145,821 euros, are not far away.
Depending on the severity, a coronary bypass costs between 23,247 and 54,662 euros; implanting a pacemaker between 15,044 and 32,612 euros, and a kidney transplant between 30,764 and 70,472 euros.
An operation on an inguinal hernia costs from 4,910 euros to 31,034, and replacing the hip joint – implanting a prosthesis – from 10,567 to 27,288.
The Osakidetza public price book also includes the cost of the medical consultations: 68 euros the personal and the telephone, with 29 euros for a nursing treatment. At home, the doctor’s visit costs 96 euros.
The basic ambulance transfer costs 325 euros, with an advanced life support ambulance (mobile ICU) this increases to 1025 euros.
Placing a splint or plaster cast costs 186 euros, and a colonoscopy with anesthesia, without sleep in the hospital, costs 641 euros.
Source: EITB
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