Client fees for health care services
Client fees for health care services at the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland 2025. Client fees are the same throughout the wellbeing services county.
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Outpatient health care services in primary health care
Physician's appointment
€28.20/visit
Emergency reception
On weekdays between 8:00am and 8:00pm: €28.20/visit
On weekdays between 8:00pm and 8:00am, as well as on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays: €38.70/visit
Nurse's appointment
Free of charge
Treatments carried out in series (incl. group treatments)
€18.60/visit
Services supporting functional capacity
Individual therapy
€18.60/visit
Treatments carried out in series (incl. group treatments)
€18.60/visit
Assistive equipment services
Free of charge
Rehabilitation assessment
Free of charge
Nurse's appointment
Free of charge
Physician's appointment
€28.20 € per visit
Nurse's appointment
Free of charge
Appointment with physiotherapist or rehabilitation assistant
Free of charge
See section "Health services provided at home".
Oral health care
Dental hygienist
€13.80/visit
Dentist
€17.90/visit
Dental specialist
€26.30/visit
Imaging examinations
Dental X-ray: €11.50/image
Panoramic X-ray: €25.80/imaging
Preventive oral health care
€11.50/visit
Examinations, dental check-ups, and treatment of diseases
Complexity grades 0–2: €11.50/visit
Complexity grades 3–4: €25.80/visit
Complexity grades 5–7: €51.20/visit
Complexity grades 8–10: €75.00/visit
Complexity grade 11: €105.20/visit
Prosthetic procedure
Prosthesis base: €75.00
Prosthesis repair: €51.20
Acrylic partial dentures and complete dentures: €250.90
Crowns and bridges: €250.90/tooth
Partial denture framework: €304.50
Outpatient clinic fee
€66.70
Specialised oral and maxillofacial care provided in primary health care
€66.70/visit
The clinical part of prosthetic treatment codes in the SP category of the procedure classification)
20% lower client fee than usual
Dental technical costs and appointment fees
Dental technical costs are charged in full to the client based on the actual laboratory expenses.
Appointment fees are not collected from the clients of the teaching clinic.
Specialised health care
Specialised health care outpatient clinic fee
€66.70/visit
Specialist physician’s appointment
€66.70/visit
Appointment with a nurse in specialised health care
€38.70/visit
Remote/digital appointment with a specialist physician
€33.35€/visit
Remote/digital treatment visit to a nurse in specialised health care
€19.35/visit
No outpatient clinic fee is charged for:
- persons under 18 years of age
- frontline veterans, individuals granted a Frontline Service Badge (marked with ‘R’ on Kela card), war invalids, and mine clearers awarded a badge by the Finnish War Archives
- a psychiatric outpatient visit
- examination or treatment of sexual violence from victims of such violence
- examination, treatment and follow-up of pregnant substance-abusing mothers at the maternity outpatient clinic
- examination and treatment of an organ, tissue or cell donor
- examination and treatment of a generally hazardous communicable disease
- Patients admitted to the hospital from emergency care will be charged a daily hospital fee instead of an emergency department visit fee.
Research and treatment
Free of charge
Patient Transport
Personal liability set by Kela
The personal liability may also be charged when the emergency medical services provided have improved the patient's condition to the extent that transportation to a care facility was not required.
Day surgical operation performed in an operating room requiring general anesthesia, extensive local anesthesia, or intravenous medication: €190,00/operation
Short-term inpatient care
€66.90/24h
Treatment and upkeep in substance detoxification
€66.90/24h
Care and upkeep in a psychiatric unit
€30.70/24h
Once the payment ceiling has been reached: €25.10/24h
Accommodation for a spouse / family member / support person in the ward
€25.10/24h
Day care or night care
€30.70/24h
A fee of €25.10/24h is charged for care-related partial upkeep in psychiatric day hospital care.
Institutional rehabilitation periods for medical rehabilitation
€23.00/24h
Long-Term institutional care
Income-based
Care facility transfers
Transfer of a patient admitted to the hospital to another treatment facility or home care: free of charge
Health services provided at home
Home visit
Home visit by a therapist or assistanti: €16,40/visit
First visit: free of charge
Home visit to a client receiving regular and continuous home care: free of charge
Visit during the rehabilitative assessment period: free of charge
Group visit to the office
€18,60/visit
Assistive equipment services
Free of charge
Physician’s appointment
Specialist physician’s appointment: €66,70/visit
Medical certificate: see section "Certificate fees"
Temporary home nursing
Physician’s or dentist’s home visit: €25.80/visit
Home visit by a registered nurse, public health nurse, dental hygienist, dental nurse, therapist: €16.40/visit
Home visit by a maternity and child health clinic nurse: free of charge
Continuous and Regular Home Nursing
Income-based
Temporary home hospital care
Home hospital care: €30.70/day
Client fee for a visit to the home hospital service point: €18.60/day
Continuous and regular home hospital care
Income-based
Other health care fees
Medical certificates or statements for the client's treatment or rehabilitation, for the reimbursement of medication, or for demonstrating the need for short-term sick leave
Free of charge
Other certificates and statements issued by a health care professional
€56.70/certificate
Medical certificate required for obtaining a driving license
€68.10/certificate
In addition to the certificate fee, physician’s visits are subject to a standard fee.
Recording of dental X-ray images or other imaging studies on CD or other recording media
€13.75/CD or other recording media
€56,70/visit
See section "More information on client fees".
More information on client fees
A client fee for a physical visit shall be charged for a service provided as a digital service, if there is no separately defined fee in the price list for the service provided as a digital service. If the service is free of charge according to the price list, the service provided as a digital service is also free of charge for the client.
The fee for unused service of EUR 56.70 per appointment may be charged:
- if the client or their representative has booked an appointment for health care services or a short-term care or housing service place of health care or social welfare services and has not arrived at the appointment or the unit in question without an acceptable reason and without cancelling the booked appointment or place in advance
- even if the service itself is free of charge
- if the collection of the fee is not to be considered unreasonable and the client has been informed at the time of booking about the possibility of such a fee being collected and given the instructions on how to cancel the appointment in advance. Information regarding the collection of the fee and the cancellation of the appointment or placement must be provided in such a way that the client sufficiently understands its content.
- when the wellbeing services county has, on the initiative of the client or their representative, has booked an appointment for the client (e.g. an invitation to a periodic check-up), and the client has been informed of the booked appointment
No fee for unused service shall be charged:
- if the appointment has been cancelled by 15.00 on the previous weekday
- when there is an acceptable or unavoidable reason for non-attendance without cancellation
- for persons under 18 years of age
A payment ceiling for social and health care client fees is €762 per calendar year.
During the calendar year, the client will pay social and health care fees covered by the payment ceiling only up to the payment ceiling.
Client Fee Guide (pdf)
Attached you will find a pdf version of the entire client fee guide for the Southwest Finland Wellbeing Services County. The client fees are valid from 1.1.2025.