What details can you find on your invoice?
Which sections are listed on your invoice? Where can I find my file number and invoice number?
General
- Invoices are issued in the month following the month in which your consultation, examination or lab analysis took place.
- You pay the amount on the invoice to MCH.
- Take the certificate for care provided (white receipt) to your health insurance fund.
- Third-party payment arrangements are possible for radiology examinations and lab analyses. In this case, you will not receive a certificate for care provided (white receipt), but the reimbursement of the examinations will be arranged directly with the health insurance fund.
- When paying, always state the structured message.
- File number and invoice number are at the top right of your invoice, under the heading "Invoice details".
Polyclinic and radiology invoice
- Healthcare providers fees: name of healthcare provider and requesting physician, if any.
- Date of the examination.
- Code: all examinations and consultations have a number. All these numbers have their own description, an official fee, an amount that is reimbursed and the patient contribution. The patient contribution is the non-refundable part of medical expenses.
- Number: number of examinations carried out.
- Payable by health insurance fund or insurer: amount chargeable to the health insurance fund.
- Patient contribution: amount payable by the patient.
- Supplement: if the healthcare provider is partially or not NIHDI contracted, supplements are charged on top of the official fee. The health insurance fund does not intervene and these costs are entirely borne by the patient.
- Various costs: costs of (para)pharmaceutical materials, medicines and supplementary fees for a radiological examination. For a radiological examination, this amounts to €11, €13 or €16 depending on examinations performed. The health insurance fund does not intervene and these costs are entirely borne by the patient.
Lab analyses invoice
With a lab invoice, you do not receive a certificate for care provided (white receipt) because you only pay the patient contribution. Caution! This is only for patients affiliated to a health insurance fund.
- Name of the requesting physician.
- Insurer: amount of contribution by insurance institution (health insurance fund).
- Patient contribution: this amount is charged to the patient.
- Provision: Nomenclature codes and short description. These are the analyses requested by your referring doctor.