The Beijing Health Bureau and the municipal Development and
Reform Commission have issued a joint circular capping the maximum
hospital charge for an x-ray at 80 yuan (US$10 ), besides the film
fee.
Beijing Morning Post reports patients used to have to
pay 142 yuan (about US$18) for an X-ray, in addition to a charge
for film. The cost of having an x-ray will drop by 43 percent when
the regulation takes effect.
Patients will also be exempt from paying the 50 yuan (US$6)
computer tomography fee when they receive laser CT scans and
magnetic resonance scans.
(CRI March 10, 2007)