In the field of dental care, fee overruns are highly regulated. These are only authorized when the patient has a particular requirement (for example to seek treatment outside of the opening hours of the practice), if the dentist has a “permanent right to overtime” or if the patient consults a stomatologist who practices in sector 2. In all cases, the patient must be notified, and an estimate must be offered if the estimated cost of the medical act exceeds € 70 *.
Yet some dentists do not hesitate to charge exorbitant fee overruns for (relatively) trivial acts. Thus, our colleagues from Figaro (who investigated the subject) reveal that in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), this excess regularly reaches 85 € for a descaling. Or a total invoice of 144 €. As a reminder, health insurance has set the “normal” price for descaling at € 28.92 …
“They are no longer getting by financially”
The phenomenon is not isolated: in this same study, we discover that in Paris, one dentist in two invoices an overrun of 27 € on average on 13% of the descaling carried out. And in the Hauts-de-Seine department (92), 28% of dentists apply a supplement of € 14 for the same procedure.
Asked by Le Figaro, Catherine Mojaïsky, president of the National Confederation of Dental Unions (CNSD), explains: “Some dentists are forced to violate the tariff rules because otherwise, they will no longer get by financially. Some tariffs have not been revised for 27 years. »To find out the rates for a dentist, go to the health insurance website !
* source: http://www.ameli.fr
