Fees

This is a private practice (Wahlarztordination). You pay the fee yourself and submit the invoice to your Austrian health insurance fund, which refunds 80 per cent of the corresponding contracted tariff. All amounts include VAT.

Consultation

This covers the conversation, gynaecological examination, ultrasound, wet mount and the other examinations possible on site. External laboratory results – swabs, cultures, cytology – are billed separately unless covered by public insurance.

Contraception

Fitting a coil

The fee for the fitting appointment covers the whole package: check-up, ultrasound, pregnancy test, wet mount, medical preparation and the fitting itself. The device is included.

The “per year” column is there on purpose: spread over its lifespan, the most expensive coil is the cheapest. Which one suits you, however, depends on size, hormone dose and what you want your bleeding to do – the IUD comparison sets these side by side.

Missed appointments

For appointments not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance, a fee of € 100 is charged. This is not a penalty for its own sake: an appointment that is not cancelled is an hour in which someone with an urgent problem could have been seen.

What your insurance refunds

The refund is 80 per cent of what the same service would have cost with a contracted doctor – not 80 per cent of the fee paid here. The contracted tariff is considerably lower than the private fee, and the difference stays with you. It is better to know that in advance.

If you hold private supplementary insurance, it may cover part or all of the remainder, depending on your policy. Most insurers want both the invoice and the public fund’s settlement, so submit to the fund first.

If you are not insured in Austria – for instance as a visitor or during your first weeks here – you pay the fee and receive an invoice that lists the services in a form most foreign insurers accept.