The amounts charged for the procedures do not include Doctor's Fees, unless specified.

In the event that a different type of anesthetic to that specified is chosen, the amount charged will go up or down accordingly.

All the procedures carried out will be charged for. The most expensive procedure will be considered the main procedure and the others will be considered associated procedures. For charging purposes, 100% of the cost of most expensive procedure will be considered plus 50% of the costs of any associated procedure(s) carried out during the same surgical operation. This does not apply to standard diagnostic, radiotherapy and clinical procedures.

The amounts given in the Standard Procedures do not include: laboratory and anatomical pathological examinations, radio diagnoses, physiotherapy, hemotherapy, ortheses and prostheses, consigned materials, video and tape monitoring, Ultracision R, thermal blankets, elastic stockings, intermittent limb massagers - except for those defined in the protocol - and events resulting from carrying out the procedures and reoperations.

In the case of reoperations carried out within 12 hours of the end of the surgical procedures, 60% of the value of the main procedure initially carried out will be charged.

Operating theater time: An estimate of the time that the operating room will be used for is given in the specific column in the annexed Procedures table. A grace period of 30 minutes will be granted, after which an additional hourly rate will be charged. In the case of associated procedures, the sum of the surgery times for each procedure will be considered for the purpose of calculating the time.

Patient's overnight stay: Whenever an overnight stay is necessary for procedures where this is not included (only procedures with 12 h rest period), an "Overnight Stay" charge will be levied. In the event that the number of days stay exceeds the number programmed, additional daily rates and any medicines, disposables used etc. will be charged for.

The patient will be asked to sign the Standard Procedure Authorization Agreement at the time of admittance. This will include all the expected terms for the relevant procedure.

Associations can be made between surgical procedures covered by health plans / insurance or private elective surgical procedures together with standard procedures. These will be charged as associated procedures only when the standard procedure is the lesser one.

If the patient intends to be reimbursed by the health plan, he or she cannot opt for the standardized procedure, because the invoice does not have an item-by-item breakdown. It will be necessary to be treated privately according to the corresponding table.