DH Dental Tariffs 2018
Health practitioners’ fees in South Africa are currently not regulated. The Health Professions Council believes the lack of tariff guidelines adds to spiralling healthcare costs. The council regularly receives complaints from patients who claim they have been overcharged.
And yet doctors’ and dentists’ associations have accused the Health Professions Council and the health minister of suppressing the already low tariff guidelines. There are no official guidelines other than what medical schemes are prepared to pay. Medical aids, even different plan options within the same scheme, all have different rates.
Discovery Health is one of the biggest medical schemes by far. And therefore their rates are the most widely applicable.
We also have available to 2018 Discovery Dental Technicians tariffs adjusted for the 15% VAT increase. See link below.
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Get the full List ==>> Discovery Dental Tariffs 2020 list, click here
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Here is a small, older sampler of Discovery Dental Tariffs 2018:
| Procedure Code | Procedure Description | Fee |
| 8091 | Medicine used during a dental visit | |
| 8092 | Admin fee (direct material) | |
| 8093 | Dentist administration of Dental Technician’s account | |
| 8099 | Dental laboratory service | |
| 8101 | Oral examination | 224.50 |
| 8102 | Comprehensive oral examination | 336.90 |
| 8104 | Limited oral examination | 108.80 |
| 8106 | Special report | 214.10 |
| 8107 | Intraoral radiograph – periapical | 97.30 |
| 8108 | Intraoral radiographs – complete series | 653.70 |
| 8109 | Infection control/barrier techniques | 21.60 |
| 8110 | Sterilized instrumentation | 48.40 |
| 8111 | Dental testimony | |
| 8112 | Intraoral radiograph – bitewing | 97.30 |
| 8113 | Intraoral radiograph – occlusal | 145.50 |
| 8114 | Extraoral radiograph – hand-wrist | 337.60 |
| 8115 | Extraoral radiograph – panoramic | 337.60 |
| 8116 | Extraoral radiograph – cephalometric | 337.60 |
| 8117 | Diagnostic models | 90.50 |
| 8118 | Extraoral radiograph – skull/facial bone | 337.60 |
| 8119 | Diagnostic models mounted | 228.00 |
| 8120 | Treatment plan completed | |
| 8121 | Oral and/or facial image (digital/conventional) | 90.50 |
| 8122 | Microbiological studies | 0.00 |
| 8123 | Caries susceptibility tests (By Arrangement) | 0.00 |
| 8124 | Pulp tests | 24.90 |
| 8129 | Office/hospital visit after regularly scheduled hours | 314.10 |
| 8131 | Emergency dental treatment | 128.00 |
| 8132 | Pulp removal (pulpectomy) | 241.20 |
| 8133 | Recement inlay, onlay, crown or veneer | 128.00 |
| 8135 | Remove inlay, onlay or crown | 255.00 |
| 8136 | Access through a prosthetic crown or inlay to facilitate root canal treatment | 114.20 |
| 8137 | Emergency crown (chair-side) | 439.30 |
| 8138 | Remove retention post (prefabricated or cast) | 167.30 |
| 8139 | Appointment not kept /30min | 0.00 |
| 8140 | House/extended care facility/hospital call | 208.00 |
| 8141 | Inhalation sedation – first 15 minutes or part thereof | 93.80 |
| 8143 | Inhalation sedation – each addnl 15 minutes | 48.60 |
| 8144 | Intravenous sedation | 56.20 |
| 8145 | Local anaesthetic – per visit | 87.70 |
| 8146 | Resin bonding for restorations | 0.00 |
| 8147 | Monitoring equipment for intravenous sedation | 200.00 |
| 8148 | Use of dental operating microscope | |
| 8149 | Nutritional counselling | 0.00 |
| 8150 | Tobacco counselling | 0.00 |
| 8151 | Oral hygiene instruction | 128.00 |
| 8153 | Oral hygiene instruction – each additional visit | 93.80 |
| 8155 | Polishing – complete dentition | 128.00 |
| 8157 | Re-burnishing and polishing of restorations – complete dentition | 128.00 |
| 8158 | Enamel microabrasion | 117.30 |
| 8159 | Prophylaxis – complete dentition | 251.80 |
| 8160 | Removal of gross calculus | 0.00 |
| 8161 | Topical application of fluoride – child | 128.00 |
| 8162 | Topical application of fluoride – adult | 128.00 |
| 8163 | Dental sealant | 84.60 |
| 8165 | Sedative filling | 128.00 |
| 8166 | Application of desensitising resin, per tooth | 84.60 |
| 8167 | Application of desensitising medicament, per visit | 98.50 |
| 8168 | Behavior management | 0.00 |
| 8169 | Occlusal guard | 492.20 |
| 8171 | Mouth guard | 0.00 |
| 8172 | Cost of orthotic appliance | |
| 8173 | Space maintainer – fixed, per abutment | 237.80 |
| 8175 | Space maintainer – removable | 306.50 |
| 8176 | Periodontal screening | 175.50 |
| 8177 | Oral hygiene instruction (periodontally compromised patient) | 193.60 |
| 8178 | Oral hygiene instruction – each additional visit (periodontally compromised patient) | 104.70 |
| 8179 | Polishing – complete dentition (periodontally compromised patient) | 146.70 |
| 8180 | Prophylaxis – complete dentition (periodontally compromised patient) | 273.50 |
| 8183 | Therapeutic drug injection | 56.20 |
| 8189 | Re-examination – existing condition | 100.90 |
| 8190 | Consultation – second opinion or advice | 208.80 |
| 8192 | Suture – minor | 631.80 |
| 8197 | CBCT capture and interpretation with limited field of view of both dental arches without orbits and/or cranium | |
| 8198 | CBCT capture and interpretation for TMJ series including two or more exposures. | |
| 8201 | Extraction – tooth or exposed tooth roots (first per quadrant) | 147.30 |
| 8202 | Extraction – each additional tooth or exposed tooth roots | 59.70 |
| 8203 | Interpretation of diagnostic image by a practitioner not associated with capture of the image, including the report | |
| 8205 | CBCT image capture with limited field of view – less than one whole jaw | |
| 8206 | CBCT image capture with limited field of view of one full dental arch -mandible | |
| 8207 | CBCT image capture with limited field of view of one full dental arch – maxilla without orbits and/or cranium | |
| 8208 | CBCT capture with limited field of view of both dental arches – without orbits and/or cranium | |
| 8209 | CBCT capture for TMJ series including two or more exposures. | |
| 8213 | Surgical removal of residual roots, first tooth – per tooth | 553.70 |
| 8214 | Surgical removal of residual roots, second and subsequent teeth’s roots | 426.90 |
| 8220 | Cost of suture material | |
| 8231 | Complete dentures – maxillary and mandibular | 2066.70 |
| 8232 | Complete denture – maxillary or mandibular | 1274.20 |
| 8233 | Partial denture – resin base – one tooth | 592.40 |
| 8234 | Partial denture – resin base – two teeth | 592.40 |
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Get the full List ==>> Discovery Dental Rates 2020, click here
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my Dentists account contains an item coded 8409 -what does this code include for?
does it include the supply of the crown?
I have paid the dental laboratory in full for the supply of the porcelain/ceramic crown.
Code 8409 is the dentist’s professional fee for porcelain/ceramic crown. This is charged IN ADDITION to the lab’s fee.
Regards
Fudley
dental tarriffs 2019 and 2020
Hi Dr Nelly Ditodi
http://dentaltariffs.co.za
For all the tariffs you need.
Regards