Yangcheng Evening News reporter Chen Hui and correspondent Guangdong Medical Insurance Report: the reporter learned from Guangdong Medical Security Bureau on the 14th that Guangdong implemented the national requirements on reducing nucleic acid testing fees, reduced covid-19 testing fees for the fourth time, and implemented it in public medical institutions in the province from December 15. This round of price reduction also reduced the covid-19 antibody detection price, realizing a significant reduction in the overall covid-19 detection cost.
The cost of covid-19 virus nucleic acid single sample detection consists of "detection service fee of 25 yuan + detection reagent price". The total cost of detection is reduced from the average price of 58 yuan per person to 33.2 yuan, up to 40 yuan; The price of mixed testing of 5 samples and 10 samples is reduced from 12 yuan per person to 8 yuan; The price of antibody detection was reduced simultaneously, and the average price of single detection was 23.5 yuan. At the same time, the average price of IgG and IgM was 33.5 yuan. The price is the highest government guided price. Public medical institutions shall not go up, but can go down according to their own conditions. The downward range is unlimited. Non-public medical institutions and third-party testing institutions shall refer to it. In addition, for nucleic acid detection only, there is no need to register and no outpatient consultation fee is charged.
In order to normalize the epidemic situation of covid-19 pneumonia, combined with the changes of prevention and control situation in various stages, Guangdong reduced the service fee for single sample detection and mixed detection fee four times, and synchronously implemented the results of three rounds of centralized procurement of covid-19 nucleic acid detection reagents and supporting consumables by the inter provincial alliance. The average price of nucleic acid single sample detection decreased from 143 yuan per person at the beginning of the epidemic to 33.2 yuan, a decrease of 76.7%, The initial price of mixed detection was reduced from 20 yuan to 8 yuan per person, a decrease of 60%. The total cost of nucleic acid detection has repeatedly reached the lowest or lower level in China.
The enterprises selected by Guangdong Alliance for centralized purchase of covid-19 testing reagent actively responded to the price reduction requirements. Seven enterprises such as Guangzhou Da'an reduced the price on the basis of the original centralized purchase price, with an average decrease of 13.87%, and Guangzhou Da'an decreased by as much as 40%. The price reduction effect of testing service fee and testing reagent fee is superimposed, and the reform dividend continues to be released. The new testing reagent price forms a national price depression, which will radiate to 19 alliance areas, helping brother provinces and cities to reduce the cost of nucleic acid testing.
As of November 15, Guangdong has saved a total of 15.86 billion yuan in the procurement cost of nucleic acid testing since the epidemic, which has effectively supported the full coverage of nucleic acid testing and large-scale nucleic acid testing for key populations in epidemic prevention and control in Guangdong, and provided a strong guarantee for the realization of "all tests should be performed" and "all tests are willing to be performed".
(Yangcheng Evening News)
