Starting from April 1, 2025, an amendment to the Health Insurance Act will come into effect, changing the maximum cost of an outpatient specialist visit for insured individuals. According to the amendment, the maximum fee will be €20.
The visit fee applies to the first visit to a specialist doctor, including visits to the emergency medical department. Additionally, the visit fee is increased for physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, and speech therapists if the referral is issued by a doctor who does not work at West Tallinn Central Hospital (Lääne-Tallinna Keskhaigla).
Visit fee can be paid in reception with cash or with credit card.
Exceptions: Reduced Visit Fee (5 Euros):
- Individuals aged 63 and older;
- Recipients of incapacity for work or old-age pension;
- Persons with partial or no work ability;
- Unemployed individuals;
- Mothers of children under one year old;
- Recipients of subsistence benefits.
The visit fee does not have to be paid:
- patients who immediately receive inpatient care at West Tallinn Central Hospital following an emergency outpatient specialist appointment
- patients under the age of 19, upon presentation of an identity document
- patients who have referral from another medical specialist of West Tallinn Central Hospital;
- patients referred by a specialist of the same field from another medical institution, upon presentation of a referral;
- pregnant women upon submitting pregnancy documentation
- patients who have their gynaecological examination within three months after childbirth
- renal replacement therapy patients (dialysis patients)
- patients who have paid for the appointment according to the price list of paid health services in West Tallinn Central Hospital
- patients attending a visit within preventive healthcare projects
- inmates in prisons, detention centers, and the Tallinn Detention Center
- patients admitted from the Nursing Care Clinic
Patients who do not have documents proving that they are not required to pay the appointment fee are charged for their appointment.
Attention! If patient will not pay appointment fee, hospital’s health information system will automatically issue an invoice for appointment fee. Patient will be notified of his debt by hospital’s accounting staff or upon his next visit to West Tallinn Central Hospital. Please pay your appointment fee in due time to avoid unnecessary inconveniences. Payments can be made at:
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Any West Tallinn Central Hospital health center reception desk
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Information desk at Paldiski mnt 68
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Emergency Medical Center reception
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Clinic reception departments outside regular registration hours